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2023-04-05 03:57:19 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no direct evidence that the ban on assault weapons led to fewer mass shootings; Ultimately, the research concluded that it was “premature to make definitive assessments of the ban’s impact on gun crime.” https://www.factcheck.org/2013/02/did-the-1994-assault-weapons-ban-work/

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• There is no direct evidence that the ban on assault weapons led to fewer mass shootings; Ultimately, the research concluded that it was “premature to make definitive assessments of the ban’s impact on gun crime.” https://www.factcheck.org/2013/02/did-the-1994-assault-weapons-ban-work/