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In reply to the discussion: Gun-control mistakes [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)70. You're right. I stand corrected
Sales peaked in '93, declined for a couple of years, then were flat from about '96 to about '04/'05. Then the began to ramp up, especially when pro-AWB Obama took office, and soared after the Sandy Hook massacre and more gun-controls laws loomed on the horizon.
So if your goal was to decrease sales of new guns, you didn't do so hot.
But, for that same time period, sales per capita were running about 25% above 1986 levels.
Also, during the Obama era, when sales soared as high at 225% above 1986 levels, the murder rate continued to decrease. I think that was what I meant to say originally.
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And it didn't do a damn thing to control either mass shootings or regular murders
krispos42
Sep 2019
#53
What percentage of mass murders used handgans and non firearm weapons vs semi auto rifles?
Eko
Sep 2019
#62
Sorry, I inferred from that you thought an AWB would have stopped the Vegas shooting
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Sep 2019
#81