[quote]Now let’s look at the shaded region on the plot, which is the time the Orwellian-named “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”, i.e. “‘Assault’3 Weapons Ban”, was in force, from 13 September 1994 until the same date in 2004. [u]There does not appear to be much correlation between this ban and the homicide rate: homicides both decrease and increase during the time which it was in force.[/u][/quote] Much more at the link above. [b][u]In short, the 1994 assault weapons ban accomplished nothing[/u][/b] that can be discerned from looking at various trends in violent crimes. And yet we're being told that it is the solution (to what problem?). *sigh*