don't do wikipedia.
Particularly when it conflicts with the CDC.
"Results of studies of firearms and ammunition bans were inconsistent: certain studies indicated decreases in violence associated with bans, and [d]others indicated increases[/COLOR]."
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In summary, the Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws reviewed for preventing violence[/CE] References and key findings are listed ([C])."
First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws
The stats from Wiki are from the FBI...
From your own link:
"Bans on specified firearms or ammunition. Results of studies of firearms and ammunition bans were inconsistent: certain studies indicated decreases in violence associated with bans, and others indicated increases."
Maybe you should read your link before posting it...
Thanks, I'll take the CDC reports over the FBI.
Not that I trust that they really are from the FBI, but I don't do wiki. It's not a reliable source, and people who use it, particularly when they never use anything else, are pathetic. You are now officially on the level of Dragon.
Though admittedly, you are doing better than rightwinger at this point in time, who claims any supporting evidence is to be dismissed as verification that the person who provides it doesn't know what they're talking about. That's right! Verify your statements with supporting evidence, use citations and references, and it's proof you don't know what you're talking about!
Sorry, that floors me. Anyway, the cdc stats are better. If you want to post the fbi stats I bet they don't even come close to proving what you said. Because I do believe they get their numbers from the CDC. Almost everybody does.
What is wrong with Wiki as a source? They cite sources. For example, the Washington DC crimes stats that show from 1995 until 2010 that violence was trending down (except for the year after the ban was lifted when it went up), the reference is given as this: FBI — Uniform Crime Reports
What is truly pathetic is how you arbitrarily dismiss a source because you don't like it.
Thank you for your opinion of CDC stats - but note they are just your opinion, nothing else..
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