Today’s NYT: “Despite dire predictions that the streets would be awash in military-style guns, the expiration of the decade-long assault weapons ban last September has not set off a sustained surge in the weapons’ sales, gun makers and sellers say. It also has not caused any noticeable increase in gun crime in the past seven months, according to several metropolitan police departments.”

In fairness, some of the gun-control groups said the ban never was effective because it didn’t go far enough — but this NYT statement is nevertheless a ringing affirmation of what the NRA and others said for years.