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order the Defense Department to not buy firearms from manufacturers who sell semi-automatic rifles to civilians.

Created by R.R. on December 19, 2012

As Congress is likely too controlled by the NRA to pass a ban on assault weapons, President Obama should use the power of the purse to encourage gun manufacturers to voluntarily stop making these deadly weapons if they want to get any government contracts. State and local law enforcement could do the same.

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