In this Breitbart article, AWR Hawkins highlights Harmeet Dhillon’s argument that “assault weapons” is a politically manufactured term used to stigmatize widely owned firearms such as the AR-15.
- Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said during an interview with Washington Gun Law that “assault weapons” is “just a made-up category.”
- Dhillon specifically criticized Denver’s ban on “so-called assault rifles,” including AR-15s.
- She argued that terms like “assault rifles” and “assault weapons” function as epithets rather than precise firearm classifications.
- The article frames the AR-15 as one of the most popular rifles in the United States.
- Breitbart cites past reporting tied to a New York Times article describing “assault weapon” as a politically defined category created by Democrats in the 1990s.
- The federal assault weapons ban lasted from 1994 to 2004.
- Although crime fell during that period, the article notes that studies did not prove the ban caused the decline.
- The piece also cites University of Pennsylvania professor Christopher Koper, who said the ban could not clearly be credited with reducing gun violence or making shootings less lethal.
Read the full story: https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/05/10/harmeet-dhillon-the-term-assault-weapons-is-just-a-made-up-category/
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