Claim: Both sides in the gun debate are misusing academic reports on the impact of the 1994 assault weapons ban, cherry-picking portions out of context to suit their arguments. Wayne LaPierre, chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association, told a Senate committee that the "ban had no impact on lowering crime." But the studies cited by LaPierre concluded that effects of the ban were "still unfolding" when it expired in 2004 and that it was "premature to make definitive assessments of the ban's impact on gun violence."
Fact-check: Did the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Work? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: both sides in the gun debate are misusing academic reports on the impact of the 1994 assault weapons ban, cherry-picking portions out of context to suit their arguments. wayne lapierre, chief executive officer of the national rifle association, told a senate committee that the "ban had no impact on lowering crime." but the studies cited by lapierre concluded that effects of the ban were "still unfolding" when it expired in 2004 and that it was "premature to make definitive assessments of the ban's impact on gun violence."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2013-02-01T18:12:54