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]
“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.”
ReplyDeleteI’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.