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Argument: The assault weapons ban resulted in fewer fatalities

Issue Report: Assault weapons ban in the United States

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  • “Deaths caused by guns dropped from 38,505 in 1994 to 29,573 in 2001, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While crime experts say the drop resulted from several factors, such as fewer gang shootings involving crack cocaine, they cite the assault weapons ban and other gun controls passed in 1993 and 1994 as among the causes”[2]