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Originally Posted by Atocep
We've been pouring money into trying to stop criminal elements since the 80s and it hasnt made a dent. On the other than, mass shootings dropped 43% after the assault weapon ban in the 90s and has risen over 240% since Bush allowed it to expire.
More than 99.99 percent of flyers were and are law abiding citizens yet in the aftermath of 9/11 it was decided that we could lose some clear rights (as opposed to the murkiness of 2a) in order to make flying safer and those additional airport security measures have close to a 70% approval the last I saw.
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FWIW, from a Snopes article. This is specific to mass shootings and not overall gun deaths in general. I do not know how to reconcile your stats with Snopes but likely some different definitions, assumptions etc.
In Gun Debate, Both Sides Have Evidence to Back Them Up | Snopes.com
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Specifically, we examined the effects of four different types of gun control legislation: background checks; assault weapons bans; high-capacity magazine bans; and “extreme risk protection order” or “red flag laws” that let a court determine whether to confiscate the guns of someone deemed a threat to themselves or others.
We found that background check requirements, assault weapons bans and high-capacity magazine bans each reduce the number of mass shootings in the United States – but only by a small amount. For instance, enacting a statewide assault weapons ban decreases the number of mass shootings in the state by one shooting every six years. And none of the four types of gun control legislation correlate with fewer total mass shooting deaths.
And laws that remove an individual’s right to own firearms if that individual poses a risk to the community do not affect the number of mass shooting events.
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From Politifact. From what I gather correlation is not same as causation.
PolitiFact | Joe Biden said mass shootings tripled when the assault weapon ban ended. They did
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Several studies find that mass shooting deaths fell slightly in the decade of the federal assault weapon ban, and then rose dramatically in the decade that followed.
New research suggests that limits on large-capacity magazines play a key role.
No strong evidence shows that the ban’s presence or its end caused the change in mass shooting deaths, but many studies find a correlation.
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