Assault Weapons Or High-Capacity Magazines Used In 28% Of Mass Shootings Since 2009

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10. Less than a third

Or another way to write that headline would be;

"Assault weapons or Hi-capacity magazines used in less than a third of mass shootings since 2009".

Instead of focusing energy and political capital on promoting ineffectual legislation that focuses on weapons that are used in a relatively small percentage of homicides, why not actually start to address the real underlying issues that are the cause of much of the gun related violence in this country? Poverty, drugs, unemployment, gang culture, insufficient mental health services and the list goes on. The problem is that addressing those issues is difficult and would actually require some will and fortitude. Slapping together a cosmetic weapons ban that accomplishes essentially nothing is easy and plays well to the microphones but does nothing to solve the problem.