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  2. Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 - Wikipedia

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    b) Trial courts cannot determine if a given firearm/receiver is of the AR or AK "series". Prohibited weapons in AR/AK "series" must be specifically identified by make and model, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must promulgate this list. c) DOJ has authority to 'identify' and promulgate new members of the AR & AK "series" itself, only.

  3. Stockton schoolyard shooting - Wikipedia

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    On May 24, 1989, California would become the first state in North America to pass an act prohibiting the ownership of assault weapons. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] This act — the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 ⁠ — was the strongest gun control litigation to occur in two decades [ 89 ] and saw any firearm upon a list specified in Penal ...

  4. Assault weapons legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In January 1989, 34 children and a teacher were shot in Stockton California.The gunman used a semi automatic AK-47 firearm; five children perished. [10] [11] [12]: 10 President George H.W. Bush banned all imports of semi automatic rifles in March 1989, [13] and made the ban permanent in July 1989. [14]

  5. Russian colonization of North America - Wikipedia

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    It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but also included the outpost of Fort Ross in California. Russian Creole settlements were concentrated in Alaska, including the capital, New Archangel (Novo-Arkhangelsk), which is now Sitka. Russian expansion eastward began in 1552, and in 1639 Russian explorers reached the Pacific ...

  6. North Hollywood shootout - Wikipedia

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    The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, [2] was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997.

  7. Killing of Andy Lopez - Wikipedia

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    The fatal killing of Andy Lopez by Sonoma County sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus took place on October 22, 2013, in Santa Rosa, California. 13-year-old Lopez was walking through a vacant lot and carrying an airsoft gun that was designed to resemble an AK-47 assault rifle. Gelhaus opened fire on Lopez, presumably mistaking the airsoft gun for a ...

  8. Type 56 assault rifle - Wikipedia

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    There are three different types of spike bayonets made for the Type 56 and the Type 56 assault rifle is the only AK variant that utilizes a spike bayonet. Certain versions of the Type 56-2 support standard AK-47 and AKM bayonets. Has the double hook disconnector of the AK-47 rather than the single hook disconnector of the AKM.

  9. Featureless rifles - Wikipedia

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    Some companies, like Cobalt Kinetics and Hi-Point Firearms, have released rifles designed to be "featureless" under California's assault weapons statute. [6] [7] [4] Both the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) and the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) have released detailed information about "featureless builds". [8]