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A Georgia Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban assault rifles and ideally ask people to surrender them.
Democratic Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver’s bill, HB 731, would end the sale and possession of assault rifles and certain kinds of ammunition in the state. The proposal includes banning automatic rifles, though those are already heavily regulated by the federal government. The bill would also ban the vast majority of semi-automatic rifles.
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