YES! Mass shootings went down 43% during that time, then tripled once the ban was repealed.
Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755@mastodon.social) @jbf1755
30 May 2022
We had an assault weapon ban for 10 years: 1994-2004. The world didn’t end. People kept their (other) guns. They bought new guns. It was hardly an attack on gun ownership. This is the least we can do.

May 30, 2022 · 10:03 PM UTC

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Have we really become that blind to the cause of shootings. That we cannot see our own Hand in play divisive. Instead making it all about Guns.
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I want to believe that. Gotta source?
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Columbine happened during that time.
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Guess what else started happening in 2003 and running for next 18 years? The fictional war on terror. Which created heavy propaganda and conditioning, acceptance of war, violence, weaponry, xenophobia and hatred of the other. Torture, mass murder, hubris of empire, impunity.
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Every study I've read says it was ineffective. Where does 43% come from?
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