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Breitbart by AWR Hawkins 13 Sep 2020

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden claimed on Sunday that a ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines would save lives.

He did this via a tweet referencing the 1994 federal “assault weapons” ban:

    26 years ago today, the Senate passed 10-year bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines—it was an effort I was proud to champion.

    These bans saved lives, and Congress should have never let them expire.

    As president, I’ll take on the @NRA and we’ll ban them once again.

    — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 13, 2020

Biden’s tweet ignores the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) report which showed the federal “assault weapons” ban had a negligible effect on crime at best.

The Washington Times quoted University of Pennsylvania professor Christopher Koper, author of the NIJ report, saying, “We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence.”

More: https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2020/09/13/joe-biden-counters-evidence-claims-assault-weapons-ban-would-save-lives/