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NARRATIVE FAIL: Rifle Murders Plummet; Bump Stock Confiscation Fails

Ryan Saavedra
NARRATIVE FAIL: Rifle Murders Plummet; Bump Stock Confiscation Fails
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Newly released FBI crime statistics show that the number of murders committed by all rifles dropped significantly in 2018 while newly released data from the Department of Justice strongly suggests that the government’s bump stock ban has been a complete failure.

The new FBI data showed that all murder dropped by 6.2% in 2018 and that gun murders also dropped by 6.7% in 2018. Specifically, murders committed by all types of rifles combined dropped by a staggering 23.9%.

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