Do assault weapons bans work?
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At least 30 people believed to be killed on the campus of Virginia Tech University. At least three children are reported dead after a shooting at Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville. Often in mass shootings, assault style weapons are used. After these tragedies, gun reform advocates often renew the call to ban these kinds of weapons. But there was a time when we did have a federal assault weapons ban.
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