Liberals like to point to countries like Australia to āproveā that sweeping gun reform will prevent future mass shootings.
On todayās show, Glenn and Stu talked about why Australia didnāt affect its homicide rate with a mandatory buyback program. (You can learn more about Australiaās mandatory gun buyback program and why it wonāt work in the U.S. with Stuās analysis here.)
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Glenn and Stu also took a look at a now-expired federal ban in the U.S. that also didnāt help prevent crime.
In 1994, the U.S. implemented a ban on āassault weapons,ā which were defined as certain semi-automatic firearms. The ban, which expired in 2004, had no discernible effect on the homicide rate.
āThe Department of Justice found that there was no change in murder rates; it didnāt affect it at all,ā Stu pointed out on todayās show.
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This article was originally published on GlennBeck.com.