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In reply to the discussion: Impact of Assault Weapons Ban - Illustration- [View all]Separation
(1,975 posts)10. I would be interested in seeing another graph
I try to stay out of these gun threads, but this one is interesting. There is definitely an increase in the mass shootings. What I would be interested in seeing is the weapon used for those 54 shootings. As some have said pistols were used in the Virginia shooting I wonder how many were pistols/shotguns/longguns/assaultweapons. Would this mean that the gun control talk should include more than just "assault weapons"?
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but there were fewer sold and high capacity magazines were not being sold
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2013
#25
The fact that the number after the ban expired is more than twice what it was before the ban...
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#3
Question- How many of those killings involved assault weapons? Were there more incidents or larger
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#15
All you did is highlight that a subsection of one age group shifted.You didn't refute anything.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#16
Info on types of guns used in mass shootings. Interesting. Not wanting to argue with anyone
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#33
We could limit (even handgun) magazines to 6, but it only takes a split second to reload.
LAGC
Jan 2013
#38
And like second-hand smoke, extended responsibility for children in the home.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#79
How many shootings involved assault weapons? Were there more incidents or larger body counts?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#18
This reaffirms my position that we need to address violence in general…not just guns
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#23
Can you tell which one of these were banned? One of these were banned, and one was legal.
Separation
Jan 2013
#39
If you assume they are both functional semi-automatics, you can tell by looking
Recursion
Jan 2013
#60
and yet, i've had people posting the exact opposite stats over the past few weeks
samsingh
Jan 2013
#54
not more irrational than stockpiling weapons to fight the government in the event
samsingh
Jan 2013
#85
The graph is misleading, the bans are more at fault for this graph than the weapon is
madville
Jan 2013
#61
Graphs and statistics fail at the most basic of the idea of the cost of weapon mayhem.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#83
Facts for our pro-NRA "pro gun progressives"* are like garlic to a vampire: but that chart is
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#92
So the fact that military style semi-automatic rifles were legal during the AWB is spin?
hack89
Jan 2013
#100
Facts for our pro-NRA "pro gun progressives"* are like garlic to a vampire: but that chart is
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#104
Ooohh...the poster still has problems with the reading portion of the reply(s). That's unfortunate.
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#109