Vox: Democrats’ Gun Control Priorities – Background Checks and ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban – Won’t Stop ‘Gun Violence’

[T]he evidence on the effects of universal background checks and assault weapons bans is pretty weak. Several studies in recent years have found that universal background checks, at least on their own, don’t seem to have a big effect on gun deaths. Similarly, the research on assault weapons bans, including the national ban that Biden helped pass in 1994, found they have little effect on gun violence, largely because the vast majority of such violence is committed with handguns.

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