Story highlights Jeffrey Sachs: Semiautomatic assault weapons not protected by 2nd Amendment. (CNN) Semiautomatic assault weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment. Jeffrey SachsThe federal government banned military-style semiautomatic assault weapons for 10 years between 1994 and 2004, and deaths from mass shootings fell. Even before the latest massacre, America was awash in semiautomatic assault weapons and bloodshed. Since then, there has not been a single mass shooting with semiautomatic assault weapons and very few cases of multiple homicides.

Source: CNN October 03, 2017 20:14 UTC