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If that's true, then it would be reflected in statistics about states with AR15 and magazine bans. I wonder if that's really true or if it's just a matter of being used in attacks because it's the most common (just like the most common vehicles are probably involved in more crashes - it doesn't mean they are unusually dangerous compared to other cars, just that there's more of them).
ARs make up a significantly higher percentage of gun sales than they do in gun deaths or homicides.
It's just posturing, really. It's the kind of gun legislation that gets liberals excited, but probably won't actually change much in the long run
From the article in the original post:
Yeah, and this is one of them. There are plenty of studies showing that gun control works. You don’t need to take my word for it. Here’s a Scientific American article about it:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-is-clear-gun-control-saves-lives1/
But is this specifically one of the ones that worked?
By that, what I mean is, was there a reduction seen in violence done specifically with assault rifles that used the banned features? Reductions in violence using (for example) pistols or shotguns don't count.
Are you asking because you want to know, or are you asking to sow doubt that clearly effective laws are effective?
How many assault weapons attacks occur in England every year? How does that compare to the US? Do you think that has anything to do with the fact that assault weapons are illegal in England?
(By the way, you can replace England with almost any other country in the world in that paragraph and it still works.)
Also, if you actually want to know, you should be petitioning your government to make it easier to study gun violence. Right now, it’s very hard to study gun violence, thanks to the lobbying efforts of the NRA.
Yes, I want to know. Defend your argument and cite your sources instead of trying to bullshit me with generalities and assumptions.
Trying pretend that just because some gun control laws are effective means that all of them are effective is a fallacy. If anything, your comment is way more likely to have been in bad faith than mine was.
I provided my sources.
No you haven't. You've provided a Gish gallop of vague and general stuff. An actual source would be research that specifically analyzes the impact of Maryland SB 623 (2013).
What you’re asking for doesn’t exist, wasn’t called for in the law, and is an unreasonable demand.
Similar enough laws have been studied and shown to be effective, as pointed out in the article I provided. Demanding that a specific law be researched regardless of existing research of similar laws is unreasonable.
Again, if you’re actually worried about this kind of research, you should be petitioning the federal government to make it easier to perform scientific research on gun violence.