Less than a day
after Michael McLendon fired his last shot, gun control groups
issued press releases that cited his murderous rampage through
three Alabama towns as an argument for reviving the federal
"assault weapon" ban. The Obama administration also wants to bring
back the ban, on the theory that outlawing the firearms supposedly
favored by gangbangers and homicidal maniacs will reduce the
casualties they inflict. But Senior Editor Jacob Sullum argues
there is little reason to believe such laws can deliver on that
promise.
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