Posted on 05/03/2013 11:58:25 PM PDT by forty_years
We've gathered some poll numbers that anti-Second Amendment politicians should take into account before national elections in 2014, so tell your reps. Of Americans surveyed: 1) "58 percent of people worry that stricter gun legislation would make it more difficult for people to protect their families;" 2) only 4% consider gun control the "most important problem facing this country today;" and, 3) only 47% "say they are 'angry' or 'disappointed' that gun legislation failed to pass."
First, from Pew via ABC:
... 48 percent of gun owners purchased firearms for protection -- an increase of 22 percent from the survey conducted in August of 1999. 65 percent of women listed protection as their top priority, compared to 43 percent in 1999, while 42 percent of men said protection was their main concern, up 21 points from 1999. ...
58 percent of people worry that stricter gun legislation would make it more difficult for people to protect their families and homes ...
Only 4 percent of Americans think guns and gun control are an important problem facing the country, according to Gallup, and far more Americans are concerned about the economy, unemployment and the federal debt. ...
As Gallup reports, "Few Americans mention guns or immigration as the most important problems facing the nation today, despite the current attention lawmakers in Washington are giving to these issues. The economy still dominates as the top concern, followed by jobs and dissatisfaction with the general way in which Congress and the government work." ...
And finally, from the Washington Post/Pew via the Atlantic Wire (note that no "filibbuster" took place):
After senators filibustered a gun background checks bill, President Obama gave an angry speech, promising that "we can still bring about meaningful changes that reduce gun violence so long as the American people don't give up on it." But according to a new Washington Post/Pew Research Center poll, the American people are kind of over it. Less than a majority -- 47 percent -- say they are "angry" or "disappointed" that gun legislation failed to pass after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. That is a lot less than the frequently-cited 90 percent who supported the substance of the bill, universal background checks. A large minority, 39 percent, say they're "relieved" or "happy" that the bill did not advance. ...
Share this info with your elected reps and tell them to support the Second Amendment
Gun control and gun laws are working well in Chicago, aren’t they?
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