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Nationwide Judicial Ban on Automatic Weapons in the US

The claim that courts have banned automatic weapons nationwide in the United States, amidst a complex regulatory landscape of federal statutes, state laws, and recent court decisions.

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Jan 26, 2026
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Court rulings have banned automatic weapons nationwide in the United States.

on automatic weapons ; instead the regulatory landscape is a patchwork of longstanding federal statutes, state laws, and recent court decisions that sometimes cut in opposite directions . A lone feder...

Feb 7, 2026

The United States has a national ban on assault weapons.

No — does not currently have a standing, comprehensive national ban on ; the expired in 2004 and while has repeatedly introduced new federal assault-weapons bills since then, none has become permanent...

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