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AP-NORC Poll: Most in US want stricter gun laws [barf]
Associated Press ^ | August 23, 2022 | Sara Burnett

Posted on 08/22/2022 10:06:58 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Most U.S. adults think gun violence is increasing nationwide and want to see gun laws made stricter, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for a variety of gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners.

The poll by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also shows majorities of U.S. adults view both reducing gun violence and protecting gun ownership as important issues.

The poll was conducted between July 28 and Aug. 1, after a string of deadly mass shootings — from a New York grocery store to a school in Texas and a July 4 parade in Illinois — and a 2020 spike in gun killings that have increased attention on the issue of gun violence. Overall, 8 in 10 Americans perceive that gun violence is increasing around the country, and about two-thirds say it’s increasing in their state, though less than half believe it’s increasing in their community, the poll shows.

The question of how to prevent such violence has long divided politicians and many voters, making it difficult to change gun laws. In June, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court expanded gun rights, finding a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. […]

The poll found 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans, the vast majority of Democrats, and a majority of those in gun-owning households. …

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KEYWORDS: apnorcpoll; banglist; fakenews; fakepolls; saraburnett; secondamendment
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t care what (or if) you think about anything. You’ve demonstrated to me that any effort on my part to make the obvious clear to you is a wasted effort on my part.

Spoiled children like to have the last word. Go ahead, identify yourself as such.


41 posted on 09/07/2022 9:30:48 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: muir_redwoods
You must care on some level, since you’re playing “last post” games in fact and are coming back with ad hominem now (the least logical of the logical fallacies).

Just how would the National Opinion Research Center get to poll any Republicans, never mind claim “half of Republicans” hold such a low opinion of their Second Amendment rights as to casually throw them away? No conservative Republican would ever answer that poll.
42 posted on 09/07/2022 9:43:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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