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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.
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%.
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.
Completely false! 1) these weapons aren’t used on the battlefield. Those are already banned. 2) semi auto rifles account for a fraction of a percent of annual gun deaths. Stop lying to the people!
Liar.
Notice Dianne’s 1st tweet is about how successful her assault weapons ban was. But in her SECOND tweet she talks about “gun massacres” & “gun deaths.” Not ASSAULT RIFILE DEATHS. She’s purposely attributing the drop in gun deaths to her AWB (cont) #DemocratsAreCorrupt
Three national stats groups evaluated the effects of banning assault rifles. They were used so infrequently in crimes, it was too difficult to notice of there was a legitimate affect.pic.twitter.com/JjhjlGRiAi
The truth is, while she may have successfully banned “assault weapons” (which only banned cosmetic features) TOTAL GUN OWNERSHIP INCREASED 56% IN SPITE OF THE BAN!
Gun homicides SPECIFICALLY fell 49%!pic.twitter.com/hv8GrL6uHO
The early 90s were peak crime years. If you did nothing at all crime still would have fallen
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