Indy City-County Council rejects proposal to ban assault weapons

The Indianapolis City-County Council has rejected a proposal that would have banned assault weapons and magazines holding more than 10 rounds.  The resolution, which cited a 2017 Pew Research Poll which found that 68 percent of adults favor banning assault weapons and 65 percent support a ban on high-capacity magazines, states that deaths by gun massacre (defined by six or more deaths) went down between 1994 and 2004 when the federal assault weapons ban was in place.