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2023-01-23 20:49:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EF4A741B59ED8F41217DAD4877A4ED3169C26D4EB197482268DEFDE7ED0AB453
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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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