[quote]Now let’s look at the shaded region on the plot, which is the time the Orwellian-named “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”, i.e. “‘Assault’3 Weapons Ban”, was in force, from 13 September 1994 until the same date in 2004. [u]There does not appear to be much correlation between this ban and the homicide rate: homicides both decrease and increase during the time which it was in force.[/u][/quote]
Much more at the link above. [b][u]In short, the 1994 assault weapons ban accomplished nothing[/u][/b] that can be discerned from looking at various trends in violent crimes.
And yet we're being told that it is the solution (to what problem?).
*sigh*
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Edited by A Forum Cop: 10/5/2013 5:04:37 PMYou know why an "assault weapons"* ban won't work? Because most shooting happen when gangs shoot each other with handguns. *- put in quotes because it doesn't accurately describe firearms.