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mrerick · 12-27-2012, 08:42 PM

This is an interesting study:

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/re..._final2004.pdf

Federally funded, this followed up on a series of studies called for in the original law (which is title XI Firearms of this document

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-1...3hr3355enr.pdf

Try as they might to swizzle numbers in the study, they were unable to show any effectiveness in:

- Reducing crime
- Increasing the price of "Assault Weapons"

They did document an increase in the price of "Large Capacity Magazines) of about 40%.

They included the quaint idea that criminals actually bought their crime guns...

Finally concluding:

"The findings of the previous chapters suggest that it is premature to make definitive assessments of the ban’s impact on gun violence."

- and that is 10 years after enactment of the flawed ban.

They admitted that "Assault Weapons" contributed to a very small minority of crimes. 2% or so in most cases.

They also showed that gun crimes resulting in death didn't change a bit over the first 8 years of the ban.

"But this still begs the question of whether a 10-round limit on magazine capacity will affect the outcomes of enough gun attacks to measurably reduce gun injuries and deaths."

"Similarly, neither medical nor criminological data sources have shown any post-ban reduction in the percentage of crime-related gunshot victims who die."

"If anything, therefore, gun attacks appear to have been more lethal and injurious since the ban."

Try as they might to swizzle statistics, the summary reads:

"9.4. Summary
Although the ban has been successful in reducing crimes with AWs, any benefits from this reduction are likely to have been outweighed by steady or rising use of non-banned semiautomatics with LCMs, which are used in crime much more frequently than AWs. Therefore, we cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence, based on indicators like the percentage of gun crimes resulting in death or the share of gunfire incidents resulting in injury, as we might have expected had the ban reduced crimes with both AWs and LCMs."

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BTW, the Feinstein bill proposal was just released... They want us to register all "grandfathered guns" under the NFA...

This is making the rounds today, so I guess it must just have been released. It is official: Feinstein will be looking for registration of all “grandfathered” guns under the National Firearms Act of 1934 just like machine guns:

Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
- Background check of owner and any transferee;
- Type and serial number of the firearm;
- Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
- Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
- Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration.

Find it at: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/publ...ssault-weapons

At $200 per tax stamp, this will financially break a number of us...

Marc

12-27-2012, 08:42 PM	#36
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	This is an interesting study: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/re..._final2004.pdf Federally funded, this followed up on a series of studies called for in the original law (which is title XI Firearms of this document http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-1...3hr3355enr.pdf Try as they might to swizzle numbers in the study, they were unable to show any effectiveness in: - Reducing crime - Increasing the price of "Assault Weapons" They did document an increase in the price of "Large Capacity Magazines) of about 40%. They included the quaint idea that criminals actually bought their crime guns... Finally concluding: "The findings of the previous chapters suggest that it is premature to make definitive assessments of the ban’s impact on gun violence." - and that is 10 years after enactment of the flawed ban. They admitted that "Assault Weapons" contributed to a very small minority of crimes. 2% or so in most cases. They also showed that gun crimes resulting in death didn't change a bit over the first 8 years of the ban. "But this still begs the question of whether a 10-round limit on magazine capacity will affect the outcomes of enough gun attacks to measurably reduce gun injuries and deaths." "Similarly, neither medical nor criminological data sources have shown any post-ban reduction in the percentage of crime-related gunshot victims who die." "If anything, therefore, gun attacks appear to have been more lethal and injurious since the ban." Try as they might to swizzle statistics, the summary reads: "9.4. Summary Although the ban has been successful in reducing crimes with AWs, any benefits from this reduction are likely to have been outweighed by steady or rising use of non-banned semiautomatics with LCMs, which are used in crime much more frequently than AWs. Therefore, we cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence, based on indicators like the percentage of gun crimes resulting in death or the share of gunfire incidents resulting in injury, as we might have expected had the ban reduced crimes with both AWs and LCMs." - - - - - BTW, the Feinstein bill proposal was just released... They want us to register all "grandfathered guns" under the NFA... This is making the rounds today, so I guess it must just have been released. It is official: Feinstein will be looking for registration of all “grandfathered” guns under the National Firearms Act of 1934 just like machine guns: Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include: Background check of owner and any transferee; Type and serial number of the firearm; Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint; Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration. Find it at: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/publ...ssault-weapons At $200 per tax stamp, this will financially break a number of us... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.