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1. jeffda+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-18 00:03:26
All rifles combined -- including "assault rifles" -- are involved in fewer murders than knives. Also involved in fewer murders than hands/fists. This is true even in states where laws for obtaining them are very lax:

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

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2. Gibbon+C5[view] [source] 2020-06-18 00:57:07
>>jeffda+(OP)
That's my point. For all the demonization of rifles and assault rifles, handguns are the bulk of the problem.
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3. RcouF1+6z[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-18 06:56:25
>>Gibbon+C5
But I think handguns would be even harder politically to ban.
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4. Gibbon+Yc2[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-18 19:30:03
>>RcouF1+6z
Big problem is the Supreme Court said states can't ban handguns. Which is sort of insane because they allow states to ban 'assault weapons' and sawed off shotguns.
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