Do assault weapons bans work?
Explain It to Me
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The Politics of Experimentation
There's moderate evidence that background checks on private sales of firearms can reduce total homicides and firearm homicides. We have them in a few states, but they haven't passed any federal bills that would do that,. I think it's a political mess right now. Lawmakers are concerned about appearing to be weak on the Second Amendment.
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