'We know the purpose of a gun that can fire hundreds of rounds in minutes,' the Democrats wrote. 'It's not for hunting or for civilian self-defense. It's for warfare.'
Two ex-military Democrats with experience handling assault weapons in the line of duty are calling on Congress to once again ban such firearms from being obtained by the general public.
The recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, earlier this month were committed with assault-style firearms, allowing the gunmen the ability to disperse dozens of rounds in a short period of time. Implemented between 1994 and 2004, the ban prohibited the purchase of high-capacity magazines and assault weapons. During that decade, the number of mass shootings declined by roughly 37 percent and the number of deaths dropped by about 43 percent as compared to the decade prior without the ban, according to data
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