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hack89

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12. Military style semi-automatic rifles were legal during the AWB
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:31 PM
Jan 2013

so I don't see the connection.

Also, the weapon of choice for mass shootings is a handgun. Remember Va Tech?

Why is the number after the ban expired more than twice what it was before the ban ? n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #1
The sample size is so small, the difference may not be statistically significant slackmaster Jan 2013 #3
The sensitivity of arithmetic mean to outlier leverage when event n is small and variance is BIG HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #9
The big dishonesty of this discussion to me is that only shootings are included in the numbers slackmaster Jan 2013 #23
it also leaves out airplane bombings, and use of vehicles as means to multiple homicides HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #24
Because Fux Noise started in 1996. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #8
Facts can be found to tell whatever story you want to tell slackmaster Jan 2013 #2
And the link is? MichiganVote Jan 2013 #5
I doubt that there is one slackmaster Jan 2013 #7
No link.... baldguy Jan 2013 #11
Only your facts bear no relation to the point BainsBane Jan 2013 #15
My point is that neither the implementation nor the sunset of the "AW" ban had any obvious effect... slackmaster Jan 2013 #17
It was pointed out in another thread that banning 'high firepower' weaponry would be better than AWB randome Jan 2013 #18
Wrong BainsBane Jan 2013 #19
The OP says nothing about what types of weapons were used in the mass murders. slackmaster Jan 2013 #20
His chart suggests otherwise BainsBane Jan 2013 #21
Only to a person who is ignorant about what the AWB did and did not do slackmaster Jan 2013 #22
Those facts may be true, but I doubt they had anything to do with the ban justanidea Jan 2013 #4
I think it can be argued that the ban increased interest in the "forbidden" items slackmaster Jan 2013 #6
Some people also argue that certain drugs being illegal increases the demand for them. PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #10
Military style semi-automatic rifles were legal during the AWB hack89 Jan 2013 #12
The 1994 AWB didn't ban any guns. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #13
Fact EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #14
. Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #16
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