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Millennials advocate for gun control, but still enjoy their Second Amendment right
Newsy/Ipsos poll ^ | 28 August 2018 | Newsy/Ipsos poll

Posted on 09/11/2018 5:14:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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On policy, a majority of Americans (55%) agree that the country would be safer if we enacted stricter gun control laws. When breaking respondents into gun owners and non-gun owners, the rates of agreement begin to show a difference of opinion. Non-gun owners agree at a higher rate with enacting stricter gun control laws (60%) compared to gun owners (42%). On the issue of gun control, younger American Millennials (those between ages 18 and 34), gun owners or not, tend to lean close to the opinion of non-gun owners, with 61% reporting that they believe the country would be safer under stricter gun control laws.

Although the majority of Millennials believe in stricter gun control, that does not mean they are shying away from gun culture. Among Millennials, 28% are gun owners, an equal rate to Gen Xers (between ages 35-54) and Baby Boomers (older than 55) 28% and 27% of whom own guns, respectively. In fact, compared to their elder counterparts, Millennial gun owners are more likely to carry a gun on them at least once a month. Forty-three percent of gun owning Millennials carry their gun relatively often, while just 25% of gun owning Gen Xers and 21% of gun owning Baby Boomers report the same.

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(Excerpt) Read more at ipsos.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; millennials
About 1/3 of millennials support gun rights and own guns. They also carry.

The MSM won't be reporting this.

1 posted on 09/11/2018 5:14:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

-—added “banglist” —of interest to firearms group—


2 posted on 09/11/2018 5:16:08 PM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: yesthatjallen

Shall we talk about all the idiots coming out of university in favor of socialism/communism?


3 posted on 09/11/2018 5:27:20 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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These numbers are very hard to believe.


4 posted on 09/11/2018 5:30:22 PM PDT by tomkat
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I am of the opinion that the best thing a gun owner can do to protect their second amendment rights is to take a 20 to 30 something to the range.


5 posted on 09/11/2018 5:37:25 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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So millenials want gun control, but keep their guns...want higher taxes, but don’t want to pay taxes...want universal health care, but don’t want to wait in lines/offices. That sum it up?


6 posted on 09/11/2018 5:40:22 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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screw Mellenials . If they aren’t in uniform them are mostly clueless selfish softy dweebs


7 posted on 09/11/2018 5:42:39 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

People who want more gun control are often surprised to learn that safegaurds they want are already law. Thats what I see here.


8 posted on 09/11/2018 6:31:55 PM PDT by Noamie
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there is a youtube political commentator who had been a Bernie sanders supporter and for gun control. got red pilled when sanders supported Hillary. A trump supporter took him to the target range now the Guy is a gun enthusiast and second amendment supporter. its been fun to watch this guy switch from ultra leftist to you take my gun from my dead body if you take it at all. he is a young guy 30 something.


9 posted on 09/11/2018 6:51:24 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: yesthatjallen

Prior to asking the poll question they should state that the Supreme Court has ruled that the police are not obligated to respond to your call. Then ask them...

Do you support more gun control?


10 posted on 09/11/2018 6:57:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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"On policy, a majority of Americans (55%) agree that the country would be safer if we enacted stricter gun control laws."

That's simply false, and this should illustrate the lack of credibility well enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsy


11 posted on 09/11/2018 7:04:30 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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Gun Control is a steady hand and hitting what you’re aiming at!


12 posted on 09/11/2018 8:14:33 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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