@freemo The ban corresponds to a number of years where there were zero deaths. So I guess I am integrating the curve in my mind. But honestly, thinking about it a bit more, it's probably the # incidents (not deaths) AND the use of assault rifles in the incidents which would be the more useful data to show. Showing the total deaths is more about the effectiveness of the planning (for lack of a better term, ugh) more than what guns were used. 1999 was Columbine for example, which is almost 1/2 of that red peak.
@ambihelical saying its about number of incidents is debatable.. depends if hte argument here is that you can kill more people with an assault rifle or not... and yes there were a number of uyears with 0 deaths both before and after the ban was initiated..
@ambihelical Not sure how you can look at that and think its flat, but ok... I do agree on your point about assault rifles though.