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GUNTER: Liberals' ineffectual expanded gun ban a pathetic bid for popularity

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Federal Liberals2020 ban on “assault-style” weapons has been a complete flop, says Peter Bergen .

Not a single banned gun has been collected by the government since the ban was launched in 2010 .

Liberals convinced themselves the best way to reduce gun crime would be to ban hundreds of thousands of legally held firearms.

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