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Lewiston, Maine shootings leave at least 16 dead

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Lewiston, Maine shootings leave at least 16 dead

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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago
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Live updates: Lewiston, Maine shootings leave at least 16 dead
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At least 16 people are dead in multiple shootings in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday night, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Follow here for the latest.
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    Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994; mass shootings dropped by 43%.

    George W. Bush and the GOP let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004; mass shootings increased by 245%.

    These numbers tell the whole story.

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    https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527

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    more simply: https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527

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      No they didn’t, because they weren’t really a thing at the time…also columbine and VT happened with handguns during the AWB…it was sunset because it didn’t do anything.

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        Are you refuting these stats and do you want to provide a source for that?

        Also, saying that some gun violence happened so that means gun control doesn’t work is nonsense. It’s like “well some died in a car crash so seat belts and airbags don’t work.”

        The facts on this one just aren’t on your side. Looking at this either way - the US is a third world country when it comes to gun violence, and secondarily, countries with relatively little to no gun control have extreme rates of gun violence.

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      That wasn’t a prohibition though, I was referring to any number of actual prohibitions. Like alcohol in the 20s and such.

      There’s no denying taking something built to kill away can reduce said killings and I’m very much for sane, logical gun control. However, the point is that all out prohibition is neither historically or even mathematically feasible considering there are more of them than actual Americans (another problem we have). Do you understand the nuance?

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