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Americans Oppose Gun Bans




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Last week, we looked at a Gallup poll that found a majority of adults now oppose a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and discussed how even Everytown for Gun Safety is now running campaign ads focused on anything but gun control to help push their agenda.

Gallup also released two other interesting data points from their latest survey. The first finding is that 61% of Americans “favor stricter laws on the sale of firearms.” This is a decrease from a recent high after the Parkland shooting, but we have not yet returned to the lows of the late 2000s and early 2010s[MC1] .  There are marginal upticks in the percentage of Americans who feel that gun laws should be less strict or kept as they are now.

Support for stricter gun laws is strongest among Democrats (87% in favor), and three in five Independents (61%) favor stricter gun laws. A majority of Republicans believe gun laws should be kept as they are (55%).

We just don’t know which gun laws Americans believe should be made more strict. Gallup tested an assault weapons ban, as we discussed last week, and found a majority of Americans oppose a ban on assault weapons. Gallup’s other recent release found that an even stronger majority of Americans oppose a law “that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons.” You may recall that 57% of American adults are against a ban on semi-automatic rifles, even when they are misleadingly called “assault weapons.” Seventy-one percent (71%) of Americans oppose a handgun ban. Even most Democrats (55%) oppose a handgun ban – and this is the group among whom support for stricter gun sales laws is nearly universal.

There is a concerning trend for support of a handgun ban. Support increased five points between 2016 and 2017 and has held since steady at 28%. While this is a minority of the American public, writing them off would be foolish. These are the people who support radical anti-gun politicians and organizations, who conspire to advance piecemeal gun control under the guise of “doing something.”

We don’t have the data necessary to see the percentage of Americans who both support stricter gun sales laws and oppose a ban on semi-automatic rifles or handguns, but the data that is publicly available is strong – and clear. Americans clearly oppose a ban on the manufacture, sale, or possession of semi-automatic rifles and oppose a ban on handguns[MC2] .

What this survey does not measure is the respondents’ familiarity with gun laws, and misleading claims about gun laws are routinely spread. The former President claimed that it’s easier to buy a gun than it is to buy a computer, a book, or a vegetable. Claims that it is harder to buy allergy medication than it is to buy a gun circulated on social media several weeks ago, propagated by an anti-gun public relations professional and echoed by the father of a Parkland, Florida, shooting victim. Nothing happens in a vacuum, and such claims may stick.

So here we are. A majority want stricter laws concerning gun sales and majorities oppose prohibitions on the sale or possession of semi-automatic rifles or handguns. There is some room for interpretation of the question language, and the impact of high-profile shootings in the data is apparent even to anti-gun activists. Perhaps some of that majority simply want “to be better” in terms of crime. Some may actually think that it’s easier for a teenager to get a Glock than a book.


Like it or not the Second Amendment was, & still is, a centerpiece of the US Constitution  -----  it is the Amendment (Right) that defends & protects all American Rights, if not the US Constitution itself. America was founded on the principal that the Rights & Liberty of the Individual are to be protected, & the US Constitution was written by the People for that purpose.....Specifically to limit government in all forms.....thereby voicing the Will of the People........


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Reply #1 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am
 
Nutters, all of them.
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Reply #2 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:53am
 
SadKangaroo wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am:
Nutters, all of them.


Constantly looking over their shoulders during the day, and sleeping with one eye open at night.

That's no way to live.

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Reply #3 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:13am
 
SadKangaroo wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am:
Nutters, all of them.


What are you smacking talking about moron?

You just defended liberal lunatics shooting out the windows of a Politicians office...

Strewth... you Hypocritical arsewipe...  Angry
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Reply #4 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:15am
 
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:13am:
SadKangaroo wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am:
Nutters, all of them.


What are you smacking talking about moron?

You just defended liberal lunatics shooting out the windows of a Politicians office...

Strewth... you Hypocritical arsewipe... 



Nobody defended anyone shooting anything.

Take you meds, and call me in the morning.

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Reply #5 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:37am
 
Nobody will take their guns away, despite what halfwits and buttwipes like pessary et al say..........they can piss in the wind as much as they want, but they won't change a thing........they're only going to stink of piss........
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Reply #6 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:41am
 
Fuzzball wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:37am:
Nobody will take their guns away, despite what halfwits and buttwipes like pessary et al say..........they can piss in the wind as much as they want, but they won't change a thing........they're only going to stink of piss........


Despite?

That's exactly what I say - nobody will take their guns away.

Perhaps you've mistaken me for someone else.

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Democrats say one thing on Guns but plan to ban them once in...

James O’Keefe Strikes again...

https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/10/29/sinema/
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Reply #8 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:52am
 
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:51am:
Democrats say one thing on Guns but plan to ban them once in...

James O’Keefe Strikes again...

https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/10/29/sinema/




I agree, its not like they've had any opportunities in the past to acheive total gun bans........oh wait.
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Reply #9 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 12:17pm
 
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:13am:
SadKangaroo wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am:
Nutters, all of them.


What are you smacking talking about moron?

You just defended liberal lunatics shooting out the windows of a Politicians office...

Strewth... you Hypocritical arsewipe...  Angry


No, I oppose all gun violence.

I understand you're thick as a smacking brick but that post in the other thread was making fun of you, how you backflip on every position you've ever held to support those you adore, reinforce your beliefs and strengthen your narrative.

Notice there are no facts in that mix...

So of course, you'll now accuse others of that because that's what you always do when you're caught with your hand in the cookie jar.

You're making claims that it was a "leftist" who shot the bullets but you have no proof of it, there isn't even a suspect.

If the roles were reversed, or even if there WAS a suspect identified as we've seen with the pipe bombs, you STILL claim a false flag attack or some other conspiracy.

So why now are you certain that not only this was a real attack, but perpetrated by the left?

Why aren't you claiming false flag, or Trump got secret service to drive him past so he could shoot it himself to kickstart the momentum he lost, or some other stupid and obviously fake conspiracy?

It's because you only WANT it to be.  Again, you've abandoned your usual knee-jerk reaction of "he's a patsy", "False Flag attack!" or "Crisis Actors" because it suits your narrative if you can make this sound legitimate and pin it on the left.

And then you attempt to paint me as an inconsistent twat like yourself because I called you on it and you're incapable of detecting sarcasm?

Hahahaha you're pathetic.

For the record, although it is off-topic for this thread, whoever was responsible for the apparent bullet holes in the empty building, be they "leftists" or not, they should be found and brought to justice.

No excuses, no conspiracies, just people who've done stupid and illegals things being held to account.

Just like the Pipe Bombs.

This is the difference between those like you Mech and those on the left.

You support the "rule of law" party in the Republicans, but each and every time something like this happens your first reaction is not to question the legality of the action but check first where it sits on your political radar.

You'll then spin it accordingly, questioning it if it's something that hurts your narrative, or going all in if it's something that supports it.

It doesn't matter if you contradict yourself along the way.

And that's what you're doing now.  No facts, no evidence, not a shred of proof, but you 100% certain it was a leftist, after not even a few hours ago, you're still questioning the authenticity of the pipe bombers identify with all the evidence that supports that...

You've been exposed dipshit, again.

What will you do Mech, A, B or C?
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Reply #10 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 6:29pm
 
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 11:51am:
Democrats say one thing on Guns but plan to ban them once in...

James O’Keefe Strikes again...

https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/10/29/sinema/


democ-RATS may want to ban guns, but do you think for one split second that American Gunowners are as weak as piss as those that turned in their guns here in Australia when the government ordered them to?????

Americans would not only disobey such an order, but they would rise up by the millions in insurrection because the government somehow thought that they might even have a right to even ask them to part with their guns politely......

Good Lord man.......you can do & threaten Americans in a lot of ways, but force them to turn over their firearms.......never....ever happen.....ever......maybe some liberal might turn in their grandpa's six shooter for some coin to buy drugs.....maybe.....but they ain't about to do anything remotely close to what was done here..........American Gun Owners got spine & will fight tooth & nail.....bullet for bullet.....until someone gives up, & it won't be them!!!!!
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Reply #11 - Oct 30th, 2018 at 6:49pm
 
greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:53am:
SadKangaroo wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am:
Nutters, all of them.


Constantly looking over their shoulders during the day, and sleeping with one eye open at night.

That's no way to live.



Then they wonder why their children are not safe at school ?

They seem to have had a wankfest with their priorities.
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Next time there is a school shooting they need not complain - they are consistently voting in support of them.
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Reply #13 - Oct 31st, 2018 at 9:09am
 
Panther wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 6:29pm:
democ-RATS may want to ban guns, but do you think for one split second that American Gunowners are as weak as piss as those that turned in their guns here in Australia when the government ordered them to?????

Americans would not only disobey such an order, but they would rise up by the millions in insurrection because the government somehow thought that they might even have a right to even ask them to part with their guns politely......

Good Lord man.......you can do & threaten Americans in a lot of ways, but force them to turn over their firearms.......never....ever happen.....ever......maybe some liberal might turn in their grandpa's six shooter for some coin to buy drugs.....maybe.....but they ain't about to do anything remotely close to what was done here..........American Gun Owners got spine & will fight tooth & nail.....bullet for bullet.....until someone gives up, & it won't be them!!!!!



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Reply #14 - Oct 31st, 2018 at 9:24am
 
Dnarever wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 6:49pm:
greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:53am:
SadKangaroo wrote on Oct 30th, 2018 at 9:49am:
Nutters, all of them.


Constantly looking over their shoulders during the day, and sleeping with one eye open at night.

That's no way to live.



Then they wonder why their children are not safe at school ?

They seem to have had a wankfest with their priorities.


It's a sickness in America that will never be cured.

Their answer to gun violence is 'more guns'.

It's pure insanity.

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