Posted on 08/31/2025 10:23:46 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
The overwhelming majority of gun owners are in favor of universal background checks, of raising the minimum age to buy guns to 21 and so-called "red flag" laws to remove guns from potentially dangerous people, a new NPR/Ipsos survey finds.
But most of these gun owners also don't want to see an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon ban, doubt new gun-control measures would do anything to stop mass shootings and Republican gun owners in particular think passing new gun control laws is a slippery slope toward taking all guns away.
"As a gun owner myself, both pistols and hunting rifles, I feel that it's important that background checks, red flag laws and raising the age should be something that we as a country should be doing," said poll respondent Christopher Montes of Connecticut.
Montes, a self-declared independent, said there are simply too many guns in the wrong hands.
"I do support that [an assault-style weapons ban] because I think that we should be protecting our kids," said poll participant Lizzie, a 45 year old self-described conservative who lives in West Texas. She didn't want her last name used.
She said she's fed up with the horrific stream of mass shootings — at elementary schools, grocery stores, and Fourth of July parades.
"We don't need to be losing kids like that," she added.
Fred, a 73 year old Republican gun owner in Bakersfield, Calif., agreed.
"Get rid of the AR-15s…it’s made for war...Regular people have no business owning them. That's part of the problem we have."
But others disagree.
"I'm not for banning any of them," said Montes… "There are other high-powered, fairly high capacity guns that don't look like ARs. And so are you going to not ban those?"
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Die NPR. Your existence can’t go away fast enough.
So much horse sh**
Do you favor mall Santas passing out weapons to every child visiting him or would you prefer a modest restriction on that? Susan, here’s an AR-15. And Lucy, you’re small so here’s a Glock. (For Narnia fans 🙂)
There were 32 Republican candidates running for a state Senate seat and 127 candidates running for a state House seat.
Of these, 7 Senate (GOP) candidates have a “C”, “D”, or “F” rating from the NRA and 16 “?” rating, meaning they did not bother to return their NRA questionnaire or have made contradictory statements regarding gun rights. Only 9 Senate candidates out of 32 have a pro-Second Amendment stance.
But the House numbers were even worse.
12 Republican candidates for a House seat either have a mixed voting record or are openly hostile to the concept of US citizens exercising their 2nd Amendment rights, and a whopping 70 are “indifferent” at best.
Democrat candidates with a poor NRA rating are at least being consistent with their Party’s anti-gun rights/Socialist platform. But Republicans should be standing for basic Constitutional principles. Sad.
Changing the culture is the ultimate solution, but that will require much time.
Banning firearms is out of the question as it would embolden only govt. and criminals against defenseless and lawful citizens. So...
For the sake of discussion about a problem that isn’t going away soon.
1) an enhanced ‘see anything suspicious, say something’, anonymously....
2) ...to discrete investigators assigned to verify the tips and warrant further surveillance and intervention when warranted
3) investigators are not known, never reveal names of those being investigated, unless passed up the chain and then only to level 2 personnel when sincere worry is established.
4) hold parents responsible which would encourage them to alert the 1st level if they were confident offsprings lives wouldn’t be ruined by a 1st alert. Tipsters would also be anonymous. Kids would never know who ratted.
We don’t think there are thousands and thousands of harmful crazies requiring investigation, so relatively small staffs could accomplish this.
My answer would be: Go sleep yourself, you marxist piece of garbage.
I pick one over two.... And me over NPR....
You’ve obviously never seen the wonder of redneck engineering. I would not put anything beyond what they can do for very little cost.
Here here. I favor zero restrictions as well. If a man wants to possess a fully automatic SMG, I’m of the opinion that the only thing the government ought to be able to say about it is, “Gee, that sure looks like it’s a lot of fun!”
BS
BS
I doubt most do.
That is something that applies to all tech- If it can be done, it will be done which does not bode well for futurre life on earth.
“Universal background checks” = de facto registration
“Red flag laws” = confiscation at a whim
These are not “modest restrictions”, whatever the lying headline says.
Looks something they just made up.
It’s time to start placing all LGTBQ+ types in institutions and get them off the streets. If it takes putting them in a desert, so be it.
***Get rid of the AR-15s***
After over 25 years of screaming for handgun gun registration and bans with “Rifles will not be affected!” they made a grab for the rifles in 1984. Rifles have now become their main demand for bans.
A war on ugly rifles with scary stocks! The AR-15 shoots as slow as the Remington Model 8 made in 1906 and the Winchester 1903.
Are they afraid of ugly rifles? If it is good enough for Miss America 1962 to shoot it is good enough for US.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/07/blast-from-the-past-miss-america-shooting-a-cutting-edge-rifle/
***Weapons of war! Made for killing people!***
I remember the democrats using the same song and dance to ban the 5-shot bolt action army surplus rifle in 1968. Years later we find it was to protect New England’s own hunting rifle industry against cheap competition. Now they are driving their own gun industries out of those states.
I’d buy a mini-14 if I had the money. It’s not scary, unless you were unlucky enough to be an FBI agent in Miami/Dade in the late 80s.
Get the guilty verdict and take'em out back and execute them.
Remove race from the judicial system. Stop giving minorities a pass ... for anything. Build more and bigger prisons and make them afraid to do time in an American prison.
For starters. Muzzle all these mutts then we won't need gun laws on ownership.
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