Replies to post #414657 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[oystersnbeer]

After they passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again.

It was in place for 10 years until President George W. Bush let it lapse.

[newmedman]

Did you even read that article or just the first few paragraphs? The data is all over the place and has nothing to do with any FBI study like you initially stated.

Please tell us why someone needs an assault rifle that is more powerful than an M-16 with a hundred round clip, modified to fully automatic that was designed for one purpose which is, killing people on a battlefield.

And don't give us the bullshit about hunting with them. They do so much damage that any meat you'd be able to salvage wouldn't even be worth the kill.

[blackhawks]

Read the content at your own links for comprehension, next time.

What grade did you get thrown out of school?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/08/bill-clintons-claim-that-assault-weapons-ban-led-big-drop-mass-shooting-deaths/

Klarevas, who defines a gun massacre to be six or more deaths, says his own research for the book “Rampage Nation,” however, backs up Clinton’s statement.

Compared with the 10-year period before the ban, the number of gun massacres during the ban period fell by 37 percent, and the number of people dying from mass shootings fell by 43 percent.

But after the ban lapsed in 2004, the numbers in the next 10-year period shot up again — a 183 percent increase in mass shootings and a 239 percent increase in deaths.