Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003

• NCJ Number: 204431
• Author(s): Christopher S. Koper; Daniel J. Woods; Jeffrey A. Roth
• Date Published: June 2004
• Length: 113 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2003-IJ-CX-1029; 1998-IJ-CX-0039
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis; Program/Project Evaluation

Annotation

This NIJ-funded report (NCJ 204431) details the effects of the 10-year ban on assault weapons enacted by Congress in 1994.

Abstract

This NIJ-funded report (NCJ 204431) details the effects of the 10-year ban on assault weapons enacted by Congress in 1994. An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994–2003 covers the provisions of the assault weapons ban; explores the criminal use of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines before and after the ban; details the consequences of crimes committed with assault weapons and large-capacity magazines; discusses the mixed results of the ban; and speculates about the possible consequences of reauthorizing, modifying, or lifting the ban.