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Nashville attack renews calls for assault weapons ban – data shows there were fewer mass shooting deaths during an earlier 10-year prohibition

  • Written by Michael J. Klein, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York University
Nashville attack renews calls for assault weapons ban – data shows there were fewer mass shooting deaths during an earlier 10-year prohibitionGun control activists rally in Nashville, Tenn.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

The shooting deaths of three children and three adults inside a Nashville school has put further pressure on Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons. Such a prohibition would be designed cover the types of guns that the suspect legally...

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