Do assault weapons bans work?

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After the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville in late March, President Biden once again called for reinstating the federal assault weapons ban. The United States banned new sales of assault weapons from 1994 to 2004, but the law was easy to skirt, and the data we do have about its effectiveness is complicated. Is an assault weapons ban where advocates should spend their political capital?

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America's unique, enduring gun problem, explained

The Secret History of Guns

Gun Policy in America | RAND

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