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For those wishing to inform their legislators about the false security that reinstatement of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban offers, I have compiled a list of all the deaths (excluding the shooters) that occured in school shootings after the enactment of the Federal 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.


Feb. 2, 1996 Moses Lake, Wa. Two students and one teacher killed. (3)

Feb. 19, 1997 Bethel, Ak. Principal and one student killed. (2)

Oct. 1, 1997 Pearl, Ms. Two students killed. (2)

Dec. 1, 1997 West Paducah, Ky. Three students killed. (3)

Mar. 24, 1998 Jonesboro, Ar. Four students and one teacher killed. (5)

Apr. 24, 1998 Edinboro, Pa. One teacher, John Gillette, killed. (1)

May 19, 1998 Fayetteville, Tn. One student killed. (1)

May 21, 1998 Springfield, Or. Two students killed. (2)

Apr. 20, 1999 Littleton, Co. Twelve students and one teacher killed. (13)

Nov. 19, 1999 Deming, N.M. One student killed. (1)

Feb. 29, 2000 Mount Morris Township, Mi. One student killed. (1)

Mar. 10, 2000 Savannah, Ga. Two students killed. (2)

May 26, 2000 Lake Worth, Fl. One teacher killed. (1)

Jan. 17, 2001 Baltimore, Md. One student killed. (1)

Mar. 5, 2001 Santee, Ca. Two students killed. (2)

Mar. 30, 2001 Gary, In. One student killed. (1)

Oct. 28, 2002 Tucson, Az. Three professors killed. (3)

Apr. 14, 2003 New Orleans, La. One student killed. (1)

Apr. 24, 2003 Red Lion, Pa. One principal killed. (1)

Sept. 24, 2003 Cold Spring, Mn. Two students killed. (2)

That's a total of 48 people- men, women and mostly children, WHOSE DEATHS WERE NOT PREVENTED by the existence of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.


A duplicate of the Federal 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, currently in place on the Connecticut law books, also DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PREVENT THE SLAUGHTER OF 26 INNOCENTS- meaning that the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban has failed to prevent a total of 74 deaths during its tenure.

Please feel free to "cut and paste" this for use in your communications to our legislators- after all, it's their mess- rub their noses in it when and where appropriate in a "polite" and "non-threatening" manner of course... ;)

Above all else, don't give up. The proposed reinstatement of the 94 AWB isn't by any stretch of the imagination a "done deal".

God Bless!
 
I would NOT use this information unless we can document WHY the shooter stopped shooting.

For the most part the numbers are single digit, well below the latest outrage. Did the shooter stop because he had done all he wanted to do? Was he stopped by someone?

I don’t think we are comparing apples to apples of then and now. The latest outrages are not targeted at an individual, the shooter wants maximum damage. I think if we look at these previous shooting there was an individual targeted. Once that person was down the shooter went away.
Because of this other factors like “weapon used” are not relevant.
 
A duplicate of the Federal 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, currently in place on the Connecticut law books, also DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PREVENT THE SLAUGHTER OF 26 INNOCENTS- meaning that the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban has failed to prevent a total of 74 deaths during its tenure.
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Many would take that to mean the previous ban wasn't strict enough.

I'd let it rest.
 
Wouldnt want to give them any ideas. They may use that to say what was imposed then was not extensive enough thus adding more to it. one before me was right its the hysteria that theyre stirring up weve got the most problems with. It seems once that starts its tough to stop and then after the damage is already done people go "wait a minute, this really is stupid." Too bad weve already been down this road and more or less proven this proposal to be falsehood only to have to deal with those who want us to do the same thing again.... and you can bet there will be the same results.
 
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