The Clinton AWB had nothing to do with the drop, since it didn't really cover handguns (effectively) and the report states:C-dub wrote:Cool, but what the Breitbart article appears to ignore and I can't believe I'm even going to bring up is about the biggest period of decrease from 93-2002. I haven't read the entrie article yet, so maybe I've yet to read an explanation or possible cause for this decline during this period. What I'm wondering, though, is how much of an influence does anyone think the Clinton AWB may have had on this? I'm very suspicious of it really having any significant effect because of the number of crimes committed with the banned weapons to begin with.
About 70% to 80% of firearm homicides and 90% of nonfatal firearm victimizations were committed with a handgun from 1993 to 2011.
