NARRATIVE FAIL: Rifle Murders Plummet; Bump Stock Confiscation Fails

[Elderberry]

By  Ryan Saavedra DailyWire.com 10/8/2019

The new FBI data showed that all murder dropped by 6.2% in 2018 and that gun murders also dropped by 6.7% in 2018. Specifically, murders committed by all types of rifles combined dropped by a staggering 23.9%.

The data on the bump stock ban from the DOJ was obtained by The Washington Times, which reported that “between the issuance of the final rule banning the devices in December 2018 and April 4, 2019, shortly after the prohibition took effect in late March, 582 bump stocks were ‘abandoned’ to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to Justice Department records, and 98 bump stocks were kept as evidence.”

The Times, which obtained the information via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, noted that the Trump administration estimated that there were up to “520,000 bump-stock-type devices … in circulation” when the administration banned the firearm accessory.

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[Smokin Joe]

I was wondering if the compliance rate was anywhere near the Canadian Long Gun Registry's. (It apparently isn't--that failed after 5 years, spending multiples of the expected tab, and low compliance). I am surprised that the industry inventory turn-ins weren't added in to pad the compliance numbers.

I suspect that any ban on firearms will be met with similar results.

[goatprairie]

During the upcoming deer hunting season hunters toting rifles/shotguns are common sights in my area. There are millions of rifles in my state. But handguns are still the murder weapon of choice for the gangbangers who commit 95% of the homicides here.