Posted on 10/07/2022 7:57:42 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A new study shows that the attitude of Americans toward red flag laws, where guns are taken away from citizens by a judge who determines they are a danger to themselves or others, dramatically changes from support to opposition when more detail is provided in the poll question about the process of gun confiscation via the legal process.
The recently released study of 1,000 likely voters conducted by the Crime Prevention Research Center initially showed that 58% of people support red flag laws when told the "primary purpose is to allow judges to take away a person’s gun based on a single complaint when there is a concern about that individual committing suicide."
When respondents were told there are no hearings where a defendant presents their case to a judge before their gun rights are taken away and mental health experts are not involved in the process, the 58% support drops down to 30% with 47% opposing.
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Funny these Americans don't get angry that they have been manipulated and lied to by the Left.
EXACTLY!
As far as red flag laws go, they really are simply workarounds to violate the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments - PERIOD!!
Agreed.
Interestingly, the same leftists won't tolerate that treatment for the derelicts, bums, druggies, vandals, illegal aliens, incompetents and homeless living on the streets in America.
SOP for all pollsters.
Don't believe any poll unless/until you see the actual questions themselves.
Agreed.
And support should be LESS than 30% now that we see how many judges are part of the Criminal Cabal that is running the country.
More proof that ignorance is a democrats best friend.
—and there was a post few weeks ago about how a survey indicated almost no usage and no positive effect by “red flag” laws—
Someone tell Crenshaw. He doesn’t respond to my words.
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