The New York Times editorial board argued Friday that a “super destructive” gun once banned under the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban is available for purchase anywhere in the United States — except that the rifle referenced by the newspaper doesn’t appear to have been included in the now-defunct federal law.
“As each new mass shooting leaves dead and wounded Americans strewn like casualties on a battlefield … the gun industry’s culpability amounts to war profiteering through the reckless sale of military weapons tailored for the civilian homefront,” the Times said in an editorial flagged Friday by the Federalist’s Sean Davis.
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