Images of an attacker stalking a school, workplace and other public areas while wielding a high-powered firearm have become common in the wake of mass shootings in the United States.The assault weapons often draw comparisons to combatants in war and they have become emblematic of what many say is an epidemic of gun violence in the country.Now, as gun control advocates, Democrats and US President Joe Biden push for a federal ban on assault weapons, a similar, decades-old prohibition looms large – evidence to some that US lawmakers have the power to act to try to stem deadly shootings.
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