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2023-01-24 00:51:17 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FC433DE46C516517B46C7ADA1F979B8B849DF389A35A38E4A177645A7B83B54B
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The source(s) of these statistics is/are unclear. Messages of this nature have appeared in one form or another on twitter before, e.g. here: https://twitter.com/lakotaman1/status/1530020461400051712?lang=en It is possible that they derive from a 2019 US Senate Judiciary press release, which cited similar figures (see citations therein): https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/studies-gun-massacre-deaths-dropped-during-assault-weapons-ban-increased-after-expiration
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