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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun-control mistakes [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)73. That's not quite a logical conclusion, though.
Background checks remained in force; there was no sunset provision on them. They are still in effect now, actually. And banning "assault weapons" didn't mean people couldn't buy stuff rifles, shotguns, or pistols.
Handguns, which were largely unaffected by the ban except for a couple of movie staples like the TEC-9, also followed the general trend. And deaths from handguns also went down.
Correlation does not necessarily mean causation. The homicide rate doesn't drop by thousands per year because rifle deaths went from 700 to 400.
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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