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2023-03-28 18:55:13 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Tweet falsely correlates the size of mass homicides with a ban on assault rifles. This is a false equivalency as not all mass homicides use rifles. The vast majority of mass shootings involve handguns (77-78%) https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/ https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/public-mass-shootings-database-amasses-details-half-century-us-mass-shootings Studies suggest no homicide rate change from the ban. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.854294 https://doi.org/10.1001%2Fjamainternmed.2016.7051 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

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• Tweet falsely correlates the size of mass homicides with a ban on assault rifles. This is a false equivalency as not all mass homicides use rifles. The vast majority of mass shootings involve handguns (77-78%) https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/ https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/public-mass-shootings-database-amasses-details-half-century-us-mass-shootings Studies suggest no homicide rate change from the ban. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.854294 https://doi.org/10.1001%2Fjamainternmed.2016.7051 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban