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I wrote:
>/> Based on the data I've seen, imported "assault weapons" have never
>/> accounted for more a fraction of a percent of all gun-related
>/> crime. If you reduce it by 45%, big deal -- the Bush ban has not made
>/> a statistically significant change in the overall level of gun crime.

To which Eric Wolfson responded:
>In article <NEWTNews.19076.782802392.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net> Eric Woolfson <woolf@unicom.net> writes:
>
>	 What data? - You have yet to post any.


See the following book:

        "Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America" by Gary Kleck,
        published by A. de Gruyter, 1991.

The section on assault weapons starts on page 73. It runs for several
pages -- I don't feel like typing it in. This book is in most major
libraries. Some background on Kleck (from a previous email):

  Kleck is a sociologist at Florida State University. He is regarded
  among academic circles as a leading authority on gun issues. For
  writing "Point Blank", Kleck was given the 1993 Hindelang Award from
  the American Society of Criminology for "the book published in the
  past two years that makes the most outstanding contribution to
  criminology."

Do you have any statistics to provide which show the percentages of
"assault weapons" used in gun crimes?

Nat
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