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wildbill83 · 41-45, M
according to whom? because the fed's own study (via rand) concluded that it made absolutely no difference
It was never a gun problem, as mass shootings were so rare/few and far between before 2010's+/- that they weren't even factored into most statistics
hyperbole and false statements of fact certainly isn't helping the gun control nutjobs...
It was never a gun problem, as mass shootings were so rare/few and far between before 2010's+/- that they weren't even factored into most statistics
hyperbole and false statements of fact certainly isn't helping the gun control nutjobs...
G7J2O · M
@wildbill83 Nice try with the strawman. The RAND review says evidence on assault weapons bans is inconclusive on some measures, not that the ban provenly did nothing. It also notes even limited evidence that high-capacity magazine bans massively reduce mass shootings, a nuance you ignored.
Multiple peer-reviewed studies, including one from the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, found that the Clinton-era ban years saw mass-shooting deaths significantly lower, and that fatalities rose sharply after the ban expired.
Fact.
So no, you don’t get to wave a single ambiguous line from RAND and pretend that dismantling the ban didn’t coincide with a huge spike in mass shooting deaths. If “being rare before the 2010s” were the whole story, we wouldn’t see that post-ban surge. Unfortunately, the facts say otherwise.
Multiple peer-reviewed studies, including one from the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, found that the Clinton-era ban years saw mass-shooting deaths significantly lower, and that fatalities rose sharply after the ban expired.
Fact.
So no, you don’t get to wave a single ambiguous line from RAND and pretend that dismantling the ban didn’t coincide with a huge spike in mass shooting deaths. If “being rare before the 2010s” were the whole story, we wouldn’t see that post-ban surge. Unfortunately, the facts say otherwise.