lol - you cited a quarter century old analysis that only examined two years of data and of course did not examine any data after it expired because that was in the future. I'm pretty sure you just googled this and posted the first result that told you what you wanted to hear without reading it. Regardless, the real answer is that research is inconclusive as to the effects.
Key findings: The authors, using a variety of national and local data sources, examined market trends— prices, production, and thefts—for the banned weapons and close substitutes before estimating potential ban effects and their consequences.
● The research shows that the
ban triggered speculative price in- creases and ramped-up production of the banned firearms prior to the law’s implementation, followed by a substantial postban drop in prices to levels of previous years.
● Criminal use of the banned guns declined, at least temporarily, after the law went into effect, which suggests that the legal stock of preban assault weapons was, at least for the short term, largely in the hands of collectors and dealers.
● Evidence suggests that the ban may have contributed to a reduc- tion in the gun murder rate and murders of police officers by crimi- nals armed with assault weapons.
● The ban has failed to reduce the average number of victims per gun murder incident or multiple gunshot wound victims.
Know what the research is NOT inconclusive on though? Gun control in general. The fewer guns, the fewer deaths.
This is a very inconvenient fact: if you own a gun everyone in your household is more likely to die than if you don't. So it's not just yourself you put in danger, but your family too. Gun ownership is incredibly irresponsible.
