Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Figures Don't Lie

Studies on assault weapons bans have generally ranged from inconclusive to unfavorable toward a ban. And even if the bans were effective at constricting access to assault weapons, they would likely have only a small effect on gun violence overall. [More]
What  that tells me is there's an entirely different and unspoken reason for so deperately wanting such a ban.

But what?

[Via Roger J]

1 comment:

  1. “the shooting would have been much less lethal if the shooter didn’t use an assault weapon and used, say, a more conventional handgun instead.”

    I’ll say. Choosing a handgun to target people half a block out and 32 floors down? At least we would have had a prompt answer to the perennial “shooter’s mental competence” question.

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