Federal judge upholding SAFE Act gun ban relied on unsupported assumptions

“The decision relied heavily on testimony by George Mason University criminology professor Chris Koper, who argued ‘that the criminal use of assault weapons declined after the federal assault-weapons ban was enacted in 1994, independently of trends in gun crime,’” Lott wrote. “But Koper’s two studies on the 1994 federal assault-weapons ban don’t support his claims.” [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes once more how little sway simple things we should be able to take for granted, like the Constitution and basic facts, have in federal courts these days. Which means things are going to get real interesting if the antis get what they want.