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ellisonz

(27,709 posts)
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:17 PM Mar 2013

Californians show strong support for strict gun control measures


Background checks and tougher penalties for the illegal purchase of firearms have broad support in California, as does the proposed federal assault weapons ban.

By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times

March 22, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

Californians are overwhelmingly in favor of strict gun control measures that impose background checks for all gun purchases and toughen penalties for illegally purchasing or using a gun, as well as enhancing efforts to keep guns away from the severely mentally ill, a new poll has found.

Sweeping majorities of California voters backed a proposed federal ban on the sale of assault weapons. They also backed state proposals to prohibit the possession of large-capacity magazines, background checks for the purchase of ammunition and a requirement that all gun owners be registered, licensed and insured, according to the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.

The findings often cut across demographic and political lines: Nine of ten gun owners and slightly more among non-owners favored background checks for all gun purchases. Eighty-seven percent of conservatives shared that position, along with 96% of liberals.

But even in a state that is home to some of the nation's strictest gun-control laws, voters were more closely divided over some measures now being considered by state lawmakers. Those included whether to enact a five-cent tax on every bullet or allow schools to hire armed guards. One measure was a clear loser, as two-thirds opposed arming teachers in order to protect their students.

More: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-guns-poll-20130321,0,2343067.story
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Californians show strong support for strict gun control measures (Original Post) ellisonz Mar 2013 OP
Notice that support for licensing and registration is even higher than for AWB. DanTex Mar 2013 #1
My pet issue has become non-detachable magazines a la California style. ellisonz Mar 2013 #2

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
1. Notice that support for licensing and registration is even higher than for AWB.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 02:08 PM
Mar 2013

There's no reason licensing and registration shouldn't be part of the national dialog.

ellisonz

(27,709 posts)
2. My pet issue has become non-detachable magazines a la California style.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 02:18 PM
Mar 2013

I would accept no assault weapons ban so long as magazine capacity was capped at 10 rounds and the magazine was non-detachable.

I agree that licensing and registration is part of the dialogue but think it's only one end of the equation: access vs. deadliness.

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