Proof the Assault Weapons Ban Worked

proof? o'rly.....

Was the Ban Effective at Reducing Gun Violence In General?

That is unclear. According to a 2004 study from the University of Pennsylvania, the number of people killed in mass shootings did go down generally during the years that the ban was in effect. The exception was 1999, the year that the shooting at Columbine High School happened.

The number of mass shootings per year has doubled since the ban expired, but the researchers say it's difficult to discern whether there was a cause-and-effect relationship.

The study found that gun crimes involving assault weapons declined by as much as 72 percent in the localities examined after the ban went into effect. However, the authors note that these types of weapons were only used in 2 to 8 percent of the gun crimes committed prior to the ban, so the larger impact on gun violence was minimal.

"We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation's recent drop in gun violence," the study concluded. "And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence."
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS...an-work/story?id=18000724&page=2#.UNuvBW9pfjJ
 
Don't focus on facts, Yurt. Those must be ignored at all costs so that we can be more emotive while we pass worthless laws that won't protect our children.
 
Damocles said:
Don't focus on facts, Yurt. Those must be ignored at all costs so that we can be more emotive while we pass worthless laws that won't protect our children.
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Propose. The word you're looking for is propose. Nothing will pass. Congress doesn't even meet for 3 more weeks. By then we'll all be talking about something else.
 
Sparta said:
Propose. The word you're looking for is propose. Nothing will pass. Congress doesn't even meet for 3 more weeks. By then we'll all be talking about something else.
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i believe there will be new gun legislation and likely it will fill the loopholes in the 1994 ban. obama is in his second term, he doesn't have to 'comfort' anyone about not taking their guns. he does not approve of citizens owning guns, he is dismissive - clinging to their guns....

with him behind the charge, this will not be forgotten.
 
cannabis said:
i believe there will be new gun legislation and likely it will fill the loopholes in the 1994 ban. obama is in his second term, he doesn't have to 'comfort' anyone about not taking their guns. he does not approve of citizens owning guns, he is dismissive - clinging to their guns....

with him behind the charge, this will not be forgotten.
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Yes, it will, because unlike Obama, Congress has elections to look to. And 100,000,000 voters isn't a block you want to alienate, especially when the NRA won't even throw a bone out there (nor should they I might add).

Two USSC cases in our favor, sales through the roof for 4 years, CC in 49/50 states (with 42 being shall issue), Russia joining the WTO, and the AR15 being the best selling firearm of the decade. Hell we're looking at getting the registry opened again. Gun regulations WILL loosen, not tighten.
 
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