35% of all respondents know someone who has been shot, and 14% personally encountered a gun when they were in high school. The report also found that 86% of respondents believe that gun violence is a problem in the U.S., and 77% believe it is a problem in their state.
Depending on what they consider "personally encountered" this is sad. I "personally encountered" a gun many times when target practicing with my dad.
The whole "gun violence" thing is a rouse, too. Gun violence is a bad thing. So is knife violence and baseball bat violence. People being assulted is always bad. I'm just amazed that some people don't understand it.
The survey found that half of all students believe handguns are carried on campus by other students. Chris McGrath, executive director of Handgun-Free America, noted: "This survey should serve as a red flag to college administrators, educators and parents that with an increase in guns on campus, the likelihood of incidents involving guns increases significantly."
What increase in guns on campus? It's a perception. This is just plain stupid, but then again, consider the source. Students believe other students are carrying guns, therefore there's a danger of increased violence? That's convoluded by any stretch of the imagination.
The survey found that most editors support the vast majority of gun control measures, with over 80% in favor of closing the gun show loophole, supporting mandatory registration of handguns, renewing the Assault Weapons Ban, and regulating guns similar to other products. Over 60% of editors think that gun sales through classified ads should be prohibited and that only law enforcement should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon. These results reflect a National Gun Policy Survey taken by the National Opinion Research Center, which found that the majority of Americans endorse additional measures to regulate guns and reduce gun violence.
And, this only goes to show what types of people flock to journalism and why the profession as a whole is not respected. The only thing this proves is that journalism needs to find a way to attract smart people, not those who are intellectually-challenged.
Yes, indeed it does. The more women who are carrying guns, the more the number of armed would-be-victim/peed-in-their-pants-would-be-rapists, or armed-would-be-victims/perforated-would-be-rapists "gun incidents" is likely to increase. And that would be a good thing.