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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:29 AM Sep 2019

Assault type weapons ban 1994-2004

CONCLUSION: Mass-shooting related homicides in the United States were reduced during the years of the federal assault weapons ban of 1994 to 2004.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30188421/

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Assault type weapons ban 1994-2004 (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2019 OP

Would be an interesting read hardluck Sep 2019 #1

Interesting, especially since madville Sep 2019 #2

hardluck

(638 posts)

1. Would be an interesting read

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 12:34 PM

Sep 2019

Too bad it’s not available without paying. Anybody have access?

For a fuller look, here are links to a response and a reply from the authors:

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Citation/2019/05000/Letter_to_the_editor_re__DiMaggio,_C__Et_al_.24.aspx

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Citation/publishahead/Authors__Response___Changes_in_US_Mass_Shooting.98257.aspx

madville

(7,408 posts)

2. Interesting, especially since

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 01:24 PM

Sep 2019

AR and AK type assault weapons were still legal to sell with detachable magazines and high capacity magazines were still widely available, the prices just went up during the ban.

The 94 AWB mostly addressed the appearance of the weapon, nothing about the actual semiautomatic and high capacity functions.

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