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2024-03-11 15:55:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FE3AE6EBB4C326BDB253F4C81D0A05BF01C0054F7F1F5607923C2C9D81313B38
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So called assault weapons were still being sold. It was a cosmetic/feature ban. The government even said the ban didn't work. Gun Violence Archive also changed the number of people to be injured in a shooting to be called a mass shooting to boost media reports. https://fee.org/articles/the-federal-government-s-own-study-concluded-its-ban-on-assault-weapons-didnt-reduce-gun-violence/ https://www.thetrace.org/2021/06/mark-bryant-gun-violence-archive-shooting-data-interview/
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