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This percentage spiked after the lapse of the ban. In addition, the author provides the opinion of gun policy experts who rate the effectiveness of an assault weapon ban by giving it a 6. 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, a relatively high rating (Ingraham, 2018). He also mentions the popularity of the ban among the public with it garnering 68% of adult support. Whereas the author argues that the reintroduction of the assault weapon ban will decrease the number of gun massacres, he also points out, as a matter of fact, that a majority of gun homicides are committed using handguns which, according to the opponents of the ban, would make the impact of the ban on the rate of crime minimal. Reference Ingraham, C.