Sen. Feinstein’s website cites a Department of Justice study in its claim that “the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was responsible for a 6.7 percent decrease in total gun murders.” This is a lie. But Sen. Feinstein is not about to let the truth get in the way of her hyperbole. That’s why she never quotes the finding in the same study that: “At best, the assault weapons ban can have only a limited effect on total gun murders, because the banned weapons and magazines were never involved in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders.” There is a reason Feinstein and her supporters ignore facts. The truth is not on their side. All rifles together were responsible for only 323 homicides nationwide in 2011? More than five times as many homicides were committed with knives in the same year according to FBI statistics. Figures for previous years are similar. Feinstein’s bill and similar efforts pushed by the president will not reduce crime. It should be obvious that such laws are obeyed only by the law-abiding. Criminals routinely disregard the law. Why are this senator and the president focusing their efforts on limiting and hassling law-abiding gun owners? They would do better to focus on apprehending violent criminals, keeping them in prison longer and treating the mentally ill. 1
Sen. Feinstein’s website cites a Department of Justice study in its claim that “the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was responsible for a 6.7 percent decrease in total gun murders.” This is a lie. But Sen. Feinstein is not about to let the truth get in the way of her hyperbole. That’s why she never quotes the finding in the same study that: “At best, the assault weapons ban can have only a limited effect on total gun murders, because the banned weapons and magazines were never involved in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders.” There is a reason Feinstein and her supporters ignore facts. The truth is not on their side. All rifles togethe
r were responsible for only 323 homicides nationwide in 2011? More than five times as many homicides were committed with knives in the same year according to FBI statistics. Figures for previous years are similar. Feinstein’s bill and similar efforts pushed by the president will not reduce crime. It should be obvious that such laws are obeyed only by the law-abiding. Criminals routinely disregard the law. Why are this senator and the president focusing their efforts on limiting and hassling law-abiding gun owners? They would do better to focus on apprehending violent criminals, keeping them in prison longer and treating the mentally ill. 1