Re: "assault weapons" and their use in crime

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From: Griff Miller
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 18:08

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In article <MCINTOSH.94Oct21095010@athene.rice.edu> mcintosh@rice.edu (Nathaniel McIntosh) writes:
>>In article <NEWTNews.4814.782702587.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net> Eric Woolfson <woolf@unicom.net> writes:
>>  Prohibition didn't stop us from drinking - and alcohol is still
>>> a bigger killer every year than guns if you believe the AMA stats.
>>
>>	Well, the prohition-era ban on machine guns reduced their use 
>>   in crime to zero.

I thought that the first use of machine guns in crime came after they were
banned.
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From: miller@hmsp04.wg.waii.com (Griff Miller)
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Subject: Re: "assault weapons" and their use in crime
Date: 24 Oct 1994 18:08:44 GMT
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