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ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

This ban did more to increase the sale of assault weapons than any ad campaign for them could ever dream of doing! Manufacturers began stockpiling their weapons BEFORE the ban officially took place because they expected that citizens who neverdreamed of purchasing an assault weapon would begin purchasing them and they did! This created an outrageous demand for them! Consequently, there are now more of them on the streets than ever before and all because of "do-gooder" politicians pandering to the public for votes and sympathy from shortsighted anti-gun voters! Remember, to date, the ban also does not do anything about the manufacture and sale of "copycat" assault weapons. The U.S. Congress only passed a "cosmetic" ban which does not work and is typical of congressional politics in America.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: CBS TV 60 MINUTES 8/1/99

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