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2023-08-21 19:48:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5AED3DDF24E4D2A02683E0F6D60C603A774B8D50ECB137F6126FF01ED857640A
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Joe Biden is advocating for an assault weapons ban. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/joe-biden-congress-assault-weapons-ban-mass-shootings According to the FBI, from 2015-2019, an average of 315 people are killed per year with rifles. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls An "assault weapons" ban would therefore not materially reduce the number of firearms related homicides in the US.
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