Gun massacres fell by 37% and gun deaths fell by 43% when compared to the decade prior to the ban being enacted. In the decade that followed the ban’s expiration, gun massacres rose by 183% and gun deaths rose by 239%.
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban being signed into law. Studies prove that it was successful in reducing senseless gun violence. These are weapons of war that should only be found on battlefields, not our streets.
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Multiple polls show that the majority of Americans support it. Police chiefs on the front lines of gun violence across the nation support it. It’s time for Senate Republicans to as well. We’ve beaten the NRA before and we need to beat them again. Lives depend on it.
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Now do 15 years later.
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And it's the 15th anniversary of it sunsetting! Woo hoo!!
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"Assault Weapons" means certain guns that certain members of Congress don't like.
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Exactly, the scary guns. The term is a made up one that was defined by
@SenFeinstein. The military does not refer to the military M-16 version as an assult weapon but you've elected to call it that. The "AR-15" is ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. - 1 more reply
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Bring it back!
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Thank you Dianne
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