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From my understanding our previous ban of them had basically no real impact on gun deaths. For that matter, gun bans don't really seem to decrease murder rates. They just shift murder rates from being caused by guns to being caused by other things like stabbings. I read recently that a study did find that increased gun ownership did reduce murder rates but carrying around assault weapons is both overkill and impractical for self defense so its not really good for arming people either. Those things being said there's no real reason to ban them or not ban them since it doesn't really change much to do anything with them. Just makes people who like to collect guns grumpy.