A new emergency application asks SCOTUS to halt bans on assault weapons that Illinois... enacted

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11. The numbers aren't much different with the latest data available though

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

In 2020, the most recent year for which the FBI has published data, handguns were involved in 59% of the 13,620 U.S. gun murders and non-negligent manslaughters for which data is available. Rifles – the category that includes guns sometimes referred to as “assault weapons” – were involved in 3% of firearm murders. Shotguns were involved in 1%. The remainder of gun homicides and non-negligent manslaughters (36%) involved other kinds of firearms or those classified as “type not stated.”

Assault rifles aren't used in crime nearly as much as many people believe. However, when they are used, they cause a lot of destruction in a very short period of time, due to their increased firepower over a handgun.