Pro Publica Fact-Check Finds Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban Didn’t Work

Washington Free Beacon ^ | September 25, 2014 | Staff

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Though her ban on certain styles of rifles lapsed a decade ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) continues to push for its reinstatement and tout its effectiveness.

A new fact-check from Pro Publica found Feinstein’s Clinton-era assault weapons ban had no noticeable effect on crime.

In the ten years since the federal assault weapons ban expired, Sen. Dianne Feinstein has kept trying to renew the law, which she authored. In a press release this month honoring the 20th anniversary of the ban, she wrote, “The evidence is clear: The ban worked.”

But gun violence experts say the exact opposite. “There is no compelling evidence that it saved lives,” Duke University public policy experts Philip Cook and Kristin Goss wrote in their book The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know.

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Feinstein.......But.....But....“The evidence is clear: The ban worked.”

[RWB Patriot]

The effectiveness of Frankenstein’s AWB depends on what the goal was. If it’s goal was to actually prevent gun crimes, then it most certainly was a failure.

However, if it’s goal was less “noble”...