Poll: Majority wants stricter gun laws but opposes ban on assault rifles
Perhaps as a result of these events, the new poll also finds that a record-high 47% of Americans favor passing new gun laws, up from 35% in 2011. Since Gallup first asked this question in 2000, majorities have consistently preferred enforcing the current laws more strictly without passing new laws…
Nevertheless, Americans’ views on the sale of assault rifles are unchanged. The slight majority, 51%, remain opposed to making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or possess semi-automatic guns known as assault rifles.
Notably, the 44% in favor of assault rifle bans in response to this trend question is nearly identical to the 42% Gallup found favoring assault and semi-automatic bans in a Dec. 18 poll. In that survey, participants responded to a question asking about possible approaches to preventing mass shootings at schools, similar to the shooting that occurred Dec. 14 in Connecticut.
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Well the Founding Fathers intended for the Constitution to be changed anytime a Gallup Poll indicates that that is what the majority wants.
Oh wait – no, they didn’t.
HondaV65 on December 27, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Check out Feinstein’s gun control proposal on Drudge. She wants gun owners to register ith the TF including fingerprints.
Molon Labe!
This isn’t going to end well for the statists. There is a feeling in the air that conservatives have ad just about enough of the socialists who’ve captured our government.
Charlemagne on December 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Well it seems the senate will be dealing with gun bans etc. and finestein is going to try?
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons
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letget on December 27, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Looks like the shooting didn’t move the needle as much as the left might have hoped. It’s possible the Republicans might actually block this one.
Doomberg on December 27, 2012 at 11:28 AM
We’re a schizophrenic nation. We want bigger government, but don’t want to pay for it. We want government to protect us from ourselves without restricting our freedom. We want the government to make decisions for us while telling us that we’re good, intelligent, moral, decent people.
This will not end well.
JohnJ on December 27, 2012 at 11:28 AM
This Feinstein legislation is going to ratchet up the run on guns and ammo. Holy smokes the manufacturers must be loving this. There is no chance her bill will become law but there will be a run anyway. Worst part is that it will continue to push prices up for those of us who would like to participate in the run but can’t really afford to.
dczombie on December 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM
These worthless do nothing to help our debt/cliff/taxes in dc seems to find time for krap like this as feinstein is going to do?
Gads they are horrible!
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letget on December 27, 2012 at 11:38 AM
47% is not a majority.
Terrye on December 27, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Thank the Lord we live in a republic.
wheelgun on December 27, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Oh… We live in a centered republic now…
Washington Nearsider on December 27, 2012 at 11:43 AM
When can we finally divide the country in half between us Constitutionalists and the socialists? There is NO common ground between us and there never will be. We will constantly be defending ourselves from their relentless attacks on us until we no longer have to. Is this how you want to send your life?
Charlemagne on December 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM
That was exactly my first thought when I read the headline.
melle1228 on December 27, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Polls like these always come up with the same result. When you look below the surface, what you usually find is that the people being polled have very little knowledge of what gun restrictions are already part of current law, and most of what the population thinks should be enacted already has. Even the question about “assault weapon” bans is questionable, since there are as many definitions of the term as there are people using it, and a lot of people think it’s synonymous with “machine gun”.
Socratease on December 27, 2012 at 12:03 PM
I should add that our media puts a lot of effort into producing that mis-information the general populace has about guns and the laws controlling them that these polls reflect.
Socratease on December 27, 2012 at 12:06 PM
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/blog-turns-tables-on-gun-map-paper-85520.html?ml=la
davidk on December 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Well …a record high number of voters who lack ordinary common sense put Obama back in office too. Geez…if 300 major federal/state gun control laws, and thousands of local gun laws can’t manage to make a difference in the violence in this country…what makes this 47% think a couple of more laws will do the trick?
lynncgb on December 27, 2012 at 12:43 PM
So they want stricter laws regarding the sale of firearms … hmmm, it’s illegal to possess a firearm on the streets of Chicago yet 2,600+ shootings have occurred in 2012, and the majority of them weren’t in homes.
To apply for a Chicago firearm permit, you must get training and a signed affidavit as proof of training. You also need 2 identical passport photos taken within 30 days of application, a valid IL driver’s license (or IL ID card) as proof of minimum vision requirements to drive (or so that you can properly line up your target?), be fingerprinted and background checked. You cannot have been convicted of any violent crime or domestic violence nor have 2 or more dui offenses, alcohol or drugs. Application fee is $100 and you must re-register annually.
Handgun owners must have both a city permit and an IL state firearms ID card and guns must be registered with the CPD. Guns can’t be stored in a garage, front porch or yard and storage is prohibited in hotels, dorms and group facilities. Guns also must be broken down and not trigger ready to be transported within the city.
So in light of all this rigamarole to simply be able to keep a gun in your home, do the idiot libturds and politicians really think law-abiding citizens with legally registered guns are out committing all the gun crimes? And do they really think the hardened criminals who couldn’t qualify for a permit would stop obtaining guns illegally or committing crimes with them?
stukinIL4now on December 27, 2012 at 12:58 PM