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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:27 AM Jul 2016

AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws

Source: Associated Press

Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents expressed support for stricter laws, with majorities favoring nationwide bans on the sale of semi-automatic assault weapons such as the AR-15 and on the sale of high-capacity magazines holding 10 or more bullets.

The percentage of Americans who want such laws is the highest since the AP-GfK poll started asking the question in 2013, a survey taken about 10 months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators.

High-profile shootings also appear to have taken a toll on Americans’ sense of safety. Strong majorities of those polled expressed some degree of concern that they or a relative will be a victim of gun violence or a mass shooting.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/07/23/ap_poll_support_grows_among_americans_for_stricter_gun_laws/

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AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2016 OP

In what feels like an insane political season and especially after last week's "hate-fest"... hlthe2b Jul 2016 #1

It's the enthusiasm gap that's at issue. EL34x4 Jul 2016 #2

It's time for common sense gun laws IronLionZion Jul 2016 #3

That would make them a lot easier, and safer to collect wouldn't it. n/t oneshooter Jul 2016 #6

It's very easy for killers to get guns IronLionZion Jul 2016 #7

And that's a bad thing? nt flamin lib Jul 2016 #12

Many own them for self defense hack89 Jul 2016 #8

How fast can you get it out of the safe? IronLionZion Jul 2016 #9

I don't own guns for self defense hack89 Jul 2016 #10

This has been true for a while Third Doctor Jul 2016 #4

Yeah, this is a partisan divide! yallerdawg Jul 2016 #5

People in this country have long favored sensible gun control. lark Jul 2016 #11

Oh hell. I don't want a AR-15. I don't need a AR-15. But if the gov't says I can't buy a AR-15, I Purveyor Jul 2016 #13

Except, the government didn't say you can't buy an AR-15. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #15

I Don't Need an AR-15 Wolf Frankula Jul 2016 #16

The Second Amendment is an assault on the rights of people who want to live. nt onehandle Jul 2016 #14

I think people awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #17

And yet, it never seems to materialize in the real world. beevul Jul 2016 #18

Glad to hear more and more Americans are in favor of strictor gun laws. riversedge Jul 2016 #19

hlthe2b

(102,289 posts)

1. In what feels like an insane political season and especially after last week's "hate-fest"...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:35 AM

Jul 2016

a tiny glimmer of hope...

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)

2. It's the enthusiasm gap that's at issue.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:47 AM

Jul 2016

For many Americans who favor assault weapon bans and other forms of gun control, the issue is at the bottom of the list of stuff they give a shit about. For people opposed to gun control, it's at the top.

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)

3. It's time for common sense gun laws

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:57 AM

Jul 2016

I get that some people like something and don't want it taken away. But if these high capacity magazines and semi-automatic weapons are used for sport shooting like many claim, then why have it at home? They can go to the secure shooting range and use these types of weapons.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)

6. That would make them a lot easier, and safer to collect wouldn't it. n/t

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 12:03 PM

Jul 2016

wouldn't

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)

7. It's very easy for killers to get guns

Reply to oneshooter (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 12:56 PM

Jul 2016

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

12. And that's a bad thing? nt

Reply to oneshooter (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:46 PM

Jul 2016

hack89

(39,171 posts)

8. Many own them for self defense

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:02 PM

Jul 2016

It is also easy to securely store them at home - I have several strong safes at home.

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)

9. How fast can you get it out of the safe?

Reply to hack89 (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:06 PM

Jul 2016

If you need it for protection, you would need to get it faster than the bad guys can shoot you.

And if you need high capacity magazines for protection, do you have lots of enemies?

hack89

(39,171 posts)

10. I don't own guns for self defense

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:08 PM

Jul 2016

So time is not a concern. If I did, there are small biometric safes you can open in seconds.

Third Doctor

(1,574 posts)

4. This has been true for a while

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:49 AM

Jul 2016

but as long we have money in politics added with the GOP controlling congress nothing will be done.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

5. Yeah, this is a partisan divide!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 11:57 AM

Jul 2016

By a 55 percent to 43 percent margin, respondents said laws that limit gun ownership do not infringe on the constitutional right to bear arms. But the responses also revealed a partisan divide: 87 percent of Democrats support stricter gun laws compared with 41 percent of Republicans.

Gender and geography are other dividing lines, the poll found. Women and those who live in cities and suburbs are more likely to support gun restrictions than men and those who live in rural areas.

lark

(23,105 posts)

11. People in this country have long favored sensible gun control.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:16 PM

Jul 2016

It's the greed heads at the NRA who bribe the pols with blood money and their paid henchmen in Congress who want all guns all the time as long as its not them getting killed. Both groups are evil and care only for their personal profit.