Since Assault Weapons Ban Lifted, At Least 163 Dead, 185 Wounded, 15 Police Officers Dead, 23...

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ^ | Oct 9, 2008 | NA

[neverdem]

Since Assault Weapons Ban Lifted, At Least 163 Dead, 185 Wounded, 15 Police Officers Dead, 23 Wounded

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, +1-202-898-0792

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the four years since the federal assault weapons ban expired on September 15, 2004, at least 163 people have been killed and 185 wounded with military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, including at least 38 police officers killed or wounded, according to a report being issued today by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Restrictions on assault weapons, which drew support from Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, have been addressed by both major candidates for President: "Senator Barack Obama has stated as recently as his convention acceptance speech that it is imperative that criminals be denied the use of assault weapons," the report says. "Senator John McCain, who has opposed the NRA on gun shows and other issues, has been firm in his opposition to an assault weapon ban."

The report outlines how the availability of assault weapons has altered the balance of power on urban streets between police and criminals, endangering police officers and causing a growing number of police departments to use assault weapons to match the firepower they face. The report also explores the ties between terrorism and assault weapons.

"Our communities are less safe today than they were four years ago, when devastating weapons like AK-47s were not as easily available to thugs and other dangerous people," said Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Center. "We urge policymakers to take action now to get these weapons off the streets."

The Brady Center report is entitled Mass Produced Mayhem, a phrase used by federal law enforcement officials to describe the guns back...

[humblegunner]

Brady wants you to think that people are out there running around with “disposable AK-47’s” gunning people down right and left.

Mine ain't disposable.

Sucker cost me almost five hundred bucks!

[Blood of Tyrants]

What they will NEVER tell you is that young black men are 11 times more likely to commit murder than whites. And their victims are 10 time more likely to be other blacks than whites. So there are about 1/6 as many young black males as young white males yet they are 11 times more dangerous?

The Baltimore sun published an interactive map that shows this disturbing trend that it is NOT a gun availability problem, but a demographic problem.

http://essentials.baltimoresun.com/micro_sun/homicides/

[xmission]

Is this a true story about Sara Brady?

[lionheart 247365]

GEEEEEZE , I didn’t see any stats on how many crimes , murders , etc. that these weapons have prevented . Imagine that . If Brady had been on the train with Ricky Gates I suppose he would want to ban Amtrac . People kill not guns .

[messierhunter]

Just taking a quick look, here is the number of officers killed in 2003&2004 with any kind of rifle: 23. In 2005&2006: 11.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/2006/table27.html
I smell ample amounts of BS here and I think you found the motherlode - they omit the numbers during the ban intentionally to make a non-story. It's hard to duplicate their numbers without finding out what carefully chosen criteria they selected to define "assault rifle," but aggregate rile statistics tell the story.

[MileHi]

The Baltimore sun published an interactive map that shows this disturbing trend that it is NOT a gun availability problem, but a demographic problem.

Yes they did, but they didn't mean to...

[Domandred]

Oh yay yet another report from the Brady Campaign that is probably fraught with errors and falsehoods.

[SampleMan]

What percentage of these “military style” homicides were accidental deaths or suicides in the the military and police? One must wonder.

Additionally, how many criminals killed by the police with “military style” weapons were there in these numbers?

[Lazlar]

“”””I can do alot more damage with my Lumina than I can with my AK””””

You should spend more time on the range man, unless you own Alaska.

[RightGuy]

You are correct, her son was of age and could have attempted to legally purchase the firearm himself rather than Mom Sarah illegally making the straw man purchase.

[Domandred]

Knew it was just a matter of time. Page 17 heavily quotes Zumbo and his tirade against evil black rifles.

[messierhunter]

I suspect that, statistically, there is no difference in the percent of victims harmed by criminals using “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” during the ban, before it, and after it.

Initial indications seem to show that the number of officers shot with rifles went down significantly after the ban expired. Whether this is true of "military-style assault weapons" or not probably depends on how carefully you define military-style assault weapon to skew the numbers. There aren't many law enforcement deaths resulting from rifle shots at all, so it would be very easy to lie with the numbers by selectively narrowing the category further.

Also, doesn't the Brady Bunch count shootings in self defense as homicides?

Basically, yes, they call self-defense murder:
http://www.concealedcampus.org/bradycampaign/

[2nd amendment mama]

After a very brief look at this - Their footnotes in this So-called report reference newspaper reports rather than actual statistics. So some so-called "journalist" writing that an "assault weapon" was used to kill a cop is now fact. We all know that "journalists" are firearms experts......< /sarcasm >

[2nd amendment mama]

Ping

[ßuddaßudd]

I love my EBR and it loves me...

[RightGuy]

Sure is, except her son was of age, but she did make an illegal straw-man purchase, circumventing her own desired background-check mania.

[Billthedrill]

Here it comes again...

Yep. I give it 30 days max once Hussein takes office - the other guy taking the oath would be, of course, Joe Biden, poster child for the Brady Bunch - until this newfound respect for citizens' rights to keep and bear arms suddenly starts to grow a couple of significant alterations. "Well, I only meant hunting rifles," for one, and "well, it doesn't apply to anything we can get away with calling an 'assault weapon'" for another (the MSM aiding and abetting for everything it's worth), and finally "nobody is talking about taking anyone's gun away" becomes "we reserve the right to keep anyone from buying any."

This isn't paranoia and it isn't cynicism, it's history. It happened in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia under the same tired deceptions and the same worthless assurances.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I wonder how many were killed by a gun that was illegal (already banned) in the jurisdiction where it was used?

[wac3rd]

How many illegal murders/murderers?

[irishtenor]

***There are no statistics when a citizen is saved, only when a citizen is murdered.***

Two places to look, both valid:
NRA website
FBI website

Both will give you all the info you need, including stats on how many people were saved by guns.