Jackk- see figure two. The Rand paper says the ban caused decrease in homicide rates but if you look at the data – figure two – you see that the homicide rate continuously decreased from 1980 to 2010 with the exception of the spike. It looks like it is about 1996 or 1997. Otherwise it is a long progressive downward trend in curve. The rate of decrease appears know more after the ban as compared to before.
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