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-An '''[[assault weapons ban]]''' is a kind of gun law. It can also refer specifically to:
-==Specific laws that regulated firearms defined as assault weapons==
-* The [[Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989]], sometimes referred to as California's assault weapons ban.
-* The [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban|Assault Weapons Ban of 1994]] (AWB 1994), which was a [[United States Code|federal-level U.S. law]] that expired in 2004 based on a [[sunset provision]] and is now defunct.
-* The [[Assault Weapons Ban of 2013]] (AWB 2013), a [[Bill (law)|bill]] proposed after the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] of December 2012 and that failed in [[United States Congress|Congress]] in April 2013.
-==Sometimes mistaken for assault weapons bans==
-* The Canadian Firearms Act, strengthened in Canada in the years following the 1989 [[École Polytechnique Massacre]] in Montreal.
-* The [[1996 National Firearms Agreement and Buyback Program]] in Australia after the [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur massacre]].
-* The [[Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997]] effectively banned civilian handgun ownership in the U.K. after the [[Dunblane school massacre|Dunblane Primary School massacre]].
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