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2023-01-23 14:27:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2A965536D21E46D994830FEF610FB17506657749CE4F40ED2BDB99B3102E9433
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A 2020 study by RAND which included data from ~13,000 studies related to gun violence, found there was "inconclusive evidence" for any effect of assault weapon bans on mass shootings and violent crime. https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/ban-assault-weapons/mass-shootings.html A DOJ-funded study in 2004, had also resulted in similar findings. https://www.propublica.org/article/fact-checking-feinstein-on-the-assault-weapons-ban
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