The usual pro-gun lobby is railing against Noah Purcell's Assault Weapons Ban piece that came out June 27.
The typical response is that gun laws like the AWB are useless and only empower the criminals and thieves desperately trying to pry into our windows and ruin our families. There is, however, an interesting statistic overlooked by the NRA apologists and Noah himself.
A May 10 story published in the New York Times titled, "Mother's Day Rally for Assault Weapons Ban" says that, "Gun-related killings have declined in the past decade. The latest statistics available show that there were 10,808 in 2002, according to the Department of Justice. That is down from a high of 17,048 in 1993, the year before the Assault Weapons Ban was passed."
The gun lobby, whatever their motivations, is once again at odds with reality and the human condition. Seven thousand missing corpses is hard to ignore, it's time for the NRA gun supporters to buy a new angle.
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