"When the military switched over to this assault weapon, the whole context changed. The conversation became, ‘Is this the kind of gun you want in the civilian world?’ And we who advocate for regulation say, ‘No, you do not.’"
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Tom Diaz, an American writer, lawyer, and public speaker on the gun industry and gun control issues ().
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