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Originally Posted by AndyA
there was a democratic Senator from MA. on MSNBC yesterday
they banned assault rifles in Mass and since the 70's the murder rate has gone down 70%
those are facts
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This implies that "assault" rifles were being used for most murders in the 70s. That is bullshit.
People really didn't want these guns until after they were banned by Democrats in the 1990s. Then the ban ended and there was a huge rush to buy them. Today they are very rarely used in crimes.