This wasn't supposed to happen. When the federal assault weapons ban ended on Sept. 13, 2004, gun crimes and police killings were predicted to surge. Instead, they have declined.
For a decade, the ban was a cornerstone of the gun control movement. Sarah Brady, one of the nation's leading gun control advocates, warned that "our streets are going to be filled with AK-47s and Uzis." Life without the ban would mean rampant murder and bloodshed.
Well, more than nine months have passed and the first crime numbers are in. Last week, the FBI announced that the number of murders nationwide fell by 3.6% last year, the first drop since 1999. The trend was consistent; murders kept on declining after the assault weapons ban ended.
Of course the ban was never about reducing crime. It was about continuing the steady encroachment on our Second Amendment rights until such time as the citizens of the US could be completely disarmed. As has been stated here and elsewhere, "gun control" is not about guns but about control.
Time to send this link to Kim du Toit and The GeekWithA.45....
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