Nashville attack renews calls for assault weapons ban – data shows there were fewer mass shooting deaths during an earlier 10-year prohibition
- Written by Michael J. Klein, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York University
Gun control activists rally in Nashville, Tenn.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)The shooting deaths of three children and three adults inside a Nashville school has put further pressure on Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons. Such a prohibition would be designed cover the types of guns that the suspect legally...
