The Assault Weapons Ban in Action
Did banning certain weapons reduce crime?
On July 20, 2022, the House Committee on the Judiciary amended and reported along party lines (25-18) the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808), a bill that would prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of certain firearms classified as “semiautomatic assault weapons” (SAWs). …