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Originally Posted by AENeuman
There is, by many. There was an assault ban weapon from 1994-2004. here is link to gun laws by state. Lots is being done by some, none by others. |
From a quick google search, the ban worked in slightly reducing mass incidents, and once expired mass shooting incidents rocketed up from previous levels
Here in the UK since Dunblane and Hungerford, bans on all handguns have resulted in zero mass shootings since (in all fairness, these are also the only two that have ever happened)
Which makes me wonder why the ban was allowed to expire, or if the benefits were initially felt to be too small, why the uptick in incidents hasn’t led to its renewal?
The highlight response is a ban that expired 14 years ago and had some success, but was proven to be more effective than not having it in place, based on the evidence of incidents since 2004 - that’s not a strong argument to leave things as they are.
Again, it strikes me a more holistic long-term approach is needed, not just guns and limitations, but the data from before, during and especially after the expiration of the assault weapon ban suggests that making these weapons harder to obtain does at the very least curtail, and likely hugely reduces, the number of mass shooting incidents.