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    Yup. If this guy wasn’t a corporate shill his policies are just outright insane in some instances and do nothing to address the issues. He wants to hold gun manufacturers accountable (insanity, depending on what he means by accountable) and ban assault rifles, which account for a minority of gun violence offenses. Knives cause more murders than known rifle homicides.

    https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/

    Hold gun manufacturers accountable. In 2005, then-Senator Biden voted against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, but gun manufacturers successfully lobbied Congress to secure its passage. This law protects these manufacturers from being held civilly liable for their products – a protection granted to no other industry. Biden will prioritize repealing this protection.

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    • Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Federal law prevents hunters from hunting migratory game birds with more than three shells in their shotgun. That means our federal law does more to protect ducks than children. It’s wrong. Joe Biden will enact legislation to once again ban assault weapons. This time, the bans will be designed based on lessons learned from the 1994 bans. For example, the ban on assault weapons will be designed to prevent manufacturers from circumventing the law by making minor changes that don’t limit the weapon’s lethality. While working to pass this legislation, Biden will also use his executive authority to ban the importation of assault weapons.

    https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls

    Weapons    2014    2015    2016    2017    2018
    
    Total    
        12,278    13,780    15,318    15,195    14,123
    
    Total firearms:    
        7,803    9,103    10,372    11,006    10,265
    
    Handguns    
        5,342    6,176    6,762    7,051    6,603
    
    Rifles    235    215    300    390    297
    
    Shotguns    238    247    247    264    235
    
    Other guns    88    151    172    180    167
    
    Firearms, type not stated    
        1,900    2,314    2,891    3,121    2,963
    
    Knives or cutting instruments    
        1,545    1,525    1,558    1,609    1,515
    
    Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)   
        431    436    464    472    443
    
    Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)    
        668    647    664    710    672
    
    Poison    9    8    12    15    5
    
    Explosives    6    1    1    0    4
    
    Fire    55    63    78    96    72
    
    Narcotics    70    69    118    110    78
    
    Drowning    12    12    9    8    9
    
    Strangulation    84    96    97    89    70
    
    Asphyxiation    93    105    92    111    90
    
    Other weapons or weapons not stated   
        1,502    1,715    1,853    969    900