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Don\u2019t Tell Joe: A Federal Government Study Showed 1994 \u2018Assault Weapons\u2019 Ban Didn\u2019t Reduce \u2018Gun Violence\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Do something.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a response\u2014and perhaps a natural one\u2014to a human tragedy or crisis. We saw this response in the wake of 9\/11. We saw it during the Covid-19 pandemic. And we\u2019re seeing it again following three mass shootings\u2014in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa Oklahoma\u2014that claimed the lives of more than 30 innocent people, including small children.<\/p>\n

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In this case, the \u201csomething\u201d is gun<\/a>\u00a0control. In Canada\u2014where no attack even occurred\u2014Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0the introduction of legislation that would freeze handgun ownership across the country.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWhat this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada,\u201d Trudeau said in a press conference.<\/p>\n

In the United States, the rhetoric has tended to be\u00a0more heated<\/a>\u00a0but also vague, though some specific proposals have emerged.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris called for an all-out ban of \u201cassault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what works on this. It includes, let\u2019s have an assault weapons ban,\u201d Harris told reporters in Buffalo after attending the funeral of a victim.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, President Joe Biden, while speaking from the White House before a candlelit backdrop, called on Congress to pass new\u00a0gun control<\/a>\u00a0legislation, including a ban on assault weapons.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much more carnage are we willing to accept?\u201d Biden asked.<\/p>\n