2aguy
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The first clue as to the real intentions of the anti-gun monsters is that they lie about everything in the gun debate.
When they get the power to do so, they will ban and confiscate guns…….
Some more lies…
The “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” in 1931 in Chicago, for example, triggered the National Firearms Act. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 came in response to an upward deviation of gun deaths around the mid-1990s, and effectively curbed that increase. But the latter expired in 2004, setting the stage for a new upward fluctuation.
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Except there are a few missing facts.
One, the NFA passed and the homicide rate didn’t. Not until after the repeal of Prohibition, which was the law that basically empowered the mob and created the groundwork needed for mob wars over control of the liquor trade. That was when violent crime started to decline.
Also, in the 1990s, homicides had already started a downward trend when the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapon Ban were passed, meaning there’s little reason to attribute the continued drop to either piece of legislation.
Further, the author claims that the sunsetting of the AWB in 2004 resulted in “setting the stage for a new upward fluctuation.” He neglects to note that it took more than a decade to see any increase in the homicide rate and even that was shortlived until the pandemic hit.
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When they get the power to do so, they will ban and confiscate guns…….
Some more lies…
The “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” in 1931 in Chicago, for example, triggered the National Firearms Act. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 came in response to an upward deviation of gun deaths around the mid-1990s, and effectively curbed that increase. But the latter expired in 2004, setting the stage for a new upward fluctuation.
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Except there are a few missing facts.
One, the NFA passed and the homicide rate didn’t. Not until after the repeal of Prohibition, which was the law that basically empowered the mob and created the groundwork needed for mob wars over control of the liquor trade. That was when violent crime started to decline.
Also, in the 1990s, homicides had already started a downward trend when the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapon Ban were passed, meaning there’s little reason to attribute the continued drop to either piece of legislation.
Further, the author claims that the sunsetting of the AWB in 2004 resulted in “setting the stage for a new upward fluctuation.” He neglects to note that it took more than a decade to see any increase in the homicide rate and even that was shortlived until the pandemic hit.
Scientific American's anti-gun story has major issues
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