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Yes. We had an Assault Weapons ban until 2004 and after it expired, shootings have become much more common. I would happily vote for a President who is in favor of bringing it back.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban
But because the 2nd amendment says “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” we’re supposed to just be ok with people dying from shooters, Americans not brainwashed by the NRA are sick of it.
It’s so bad here that we’re not even allowed to fund studies into the effect of bans because that’s too close to infringing on the 2nd amendment.
The increase in shootings is not because of the availability of AR-15s, it's because of a downward spiral of our society, and a government that has turned its back on the people. It's obviously far more complicated, but I'm sure you are keenly aware of the issues that contribute to the type of mental health issues that produce mass shooters.
The increase in deaths per shooting is due to the gun used, which in my examples were AR-15s.
They were designed to kill many people quickly at a high rate of effectiveness. You don’t need one to protect yourself or hunt, you only need one to kill people.
Funnily enough, the overall homicide rate went down. Only mass shootings went up, and they are microscopic compared to the overall rate.
This is mainly because the AWB was about cosmetic features and not functionality.
What you’re leaving out is that after AWB expired the average number of deaths per shooting went way up, in some cases over 3x compared to the deadliest shootings before AWB.
https://time.com/4965022/deadliest-mass-shooting-us-history/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/
They’re more frequent and deadlier than they were before.
Surely this alone should warrant at least some more studies to see what can be done legislatively?
And AWB covered wayyyyyyyy more than just cosmetics.
Even GHWB banned imported semi-auto rifles because they did not have a legitimate sporting use.
So what? To literally all of that?
So what? So you’re wrong hahahahaha.
Damn, anything to avoid just taking the L.