Posted on 11/07/2016 1:30:26 PM PST by marktwain
Gallop released results of a poll taken on the 5-9 of October, 2016. The last time they had asked the question was in 2012. Support for a ban is the lowest it has ever been, since the question was first asked.
I am not surprised at the drop. It indicates that the population is becoming more educated about crime and “assault rifles”. Gallup notes that the drop in support for an “assault rifle” ban correlates with a general decline in trust in the government.
Historically, people who own guns have been far, far less in favor of placing more infringements on the Second Amendment. Many assume this is because they reasonably oppose more regulation on their activities, while people who do not own guns show a “free rider” effect. More regulation of something that you do not have does not impose an obvious and immediate personal cost to you. Part of what we are seeing is due to a significant rise in gun ownership, especially ownership of the rifles mentioned. Many millions have been sold in the period covered by the graph.
An often overlooked explanation of why gun owners oppose more gun restrictions is seldom mentioned, but obvious, once considered. Gun owners know more about the subject than non-gun owners.
Unfortunately, Gallup has never asked a “calibration” question to determine the knowledge of the facts by the people answering. I would like to see a question by Gallup such as “How many people are murdered with rifles in a given year?”
There could be multiple answers: 30,000, 10,000 3,000, 1,000 300 100 10. Then the closeness to the correct answer (300) could be used to see how people who were more or less informed responded to the desirability of a ban.
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thank goodness Trump is going to win easily tomorrow, so I don’t have to go to the gun shop on Wednesday to buy something I cannot afford.
I expect gun sales to drop precipitously if Trump wins.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/11/gun-sales-record-october-2016-nics.html
I already have enough black rifles, so I’m looking at WW2 rifles and pistols.
Same here, I’ll be looking to get some historic guns.
Unfortunately what people think won’t matter to a clinton Supreme Court.
You need to get more ammo for your modern guns. They will serve you better than historic guns when the SHTF.
LOL!! No way can I carry all I have! 7.62 x 39 is heavy!!
Not in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, the population loves constitutional infringements.
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