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To: MileHi

“Upon review of all the parties’ evidence, the court seriously doubts that the banned assault long guns are commonly possessed for lawful purposes,”

Gee, there are several million of them, at least. The estimate is 8.3 million as of the end of 2012. 2013 and this year have been very good years.

How often are they used in crime? Extremely rarely. Only about 3-4 percent of homicides are done with riles, and these rifles are about 10 percent of all rifles.

Probably less than 83 homicides by “assault rifles” in a year, could be as less than 40, or guaranteed less than 1 per hundred thousand. 300 million guns in the U.S, about 10,000 homicides with them in a year or about 3 per hundred thousand.

The judge is just making stuff up out of thin air.


181 posted on 08/12/2014 8:34:29 PM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain
The judge is just making stuff up out of thin air.

Or the Bradey handbook. {:0)

191 posted on 08/12/2014 9:08:24 PM PDT by MileHi
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