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2022-06-03 16:10:27 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 635D1E6B84C4B717588036BE92701460
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According to numerous news organizations, the evidence that mass shootings increased after the expiration of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 2004 is mixed. As summarized by FactCheck.org "the raw numbers, when adjusted for population and other factors, aren’t so clear" https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/factchecking-bidens-claim-that-assault-weapons-ban-worked/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/27/what-research-shows-effectiveness-gun-control-laws/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/07/bill-clinton/did-mass-shooting-deaths-fall-under-1994-assault-w/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/24/bidens-claim-that-1994-assault-weapons-law-brought-down-mass-shootings/ https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/29/resist-the-rush-to-gun-control-mass-shootings-are-complicated-so-are-solutions/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/fact-checking-the-view-host-joy-behar-on-mass-shootings-and-the-assault-weapons-ban/
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