This project aims to determine whether the SAFE Act reduced the amount of shootings that occurred in NYC once it was passed. The Act broadened the umbrella category of assault weapons to include semi-automatic rifles and pistols, made magazines that could hold over 7 rounds illegal, and required ammunition dealers to conduct background checks among many other steps meant to curb tragedies like the Sandy Hook massacre that occurred just a month before the Act was signed. In addition, this project looks at the arrest count of other crimes in the city and demographic data from the U.S. Census to better qualify the impact SAFE had on the amount of shootings in NYC.