American Majority in Favor of Gun Control

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

AP-GfK poll: 6 in 10 favor stricter gun laws

WASHINGTON — Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games, movies and TV shows, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed.

Three-quarters of Americans said they reacted to the Connecticut massacre with deep anger, while 54 percent said they felt deeply ashamed it could happen in the United States.

Some 58 percent favor strengthening gun laws in the United States. Just 5 percent felt such laws should be loosened, while 35 percent said they should be left unchanged.

Specifically, majorities in the new poll favored a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire guns (55 percent) and limits on the amount and type of gun violence that can be portrayed in video games, movies or on television (54 percent). About half (51 percent) of those surveyed back a ban on the sale of magazines holding 10 or more bullets.

At the same time 51 percent said that they believed laws limiting gun ownership infringe on the public's Second Amendment right to possess and carry firearms. Among Republicans, 75 percent cited such infringement.

Most Democrats (76 percent) and independents (60 percent) back stricter gun laws, while a majority of Republicans (53 percent) want gun laws left alone.

There is also a gender gap. Gun control is a more important issue for women, with 68 percent saying it was very or extremely important to them, than for men (57 percent). And women are more likely to back stricter gun laws: 67 percent favor them, compared with 49 percent of men.

Among gun owners, just 40 percent back a ban on the sale of military-type, rapid-fire guns, and 37 percent favor a ban on high-capacity magazines, while 66 percent of non-gun owners would ban military-style weapons and 60 percent would ban high-capacity magazines.

However, 80 percent of gun owners do support federal standards for gun-show background checks, as do 87 percent of non-gun owners.

Gun owners lean more Republican than the overall public. Fifty-five percent of them are Republicans, compared with 30 percent who are Democrats.

Overall, 3 in 10 said the shootings caused them to wonder whether you could really be safe anywhere these days, up slightly from 25 percent after Virginia Tech, with parents more apt to react with deep worries about safety issues than non-parents.

And residents of the Northeast were much more likely than those in other regions to say the events in Newtown made them feel strongly that there may be too many guns in this country — 46 percent, vs. 35 percent reacting that way in the South, 30 percent in the West and 28 percent in the Midwest.

The poll of 1,004 adults was conducted by telephone Jan. 10-14, 2013. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130116/US.AP.Poll.Gun.Control/

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Wrong thread title. Should read American Majority Hates Constitution

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Wrong thread title. Should read American Majority Hates Constitution

Would that make all these folks that wave the Constitution like a battle flag terrorists?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Would that make all these folks that wave the Constitution like a battle flag terrorists?

Nobody is waving the Constitution like a battle flag. They're waving only a certain passage.

[justashooter 430]

how about a ban on crappy electric cars? nothing ticks me off more than electric car drivers. a bunch of hypocrites moving pollution away from themselves and screwing up the lives of other people because it makes them "feel good" about themselves. they seem to honestly believe that they are saving the world, when in truth they are just screwing it up someplace else.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

how about a ban on crappy electric cars? nothing ticks me off more than electric car drivers. a bunch of hypocrites moving pollution away from themselves and screwing up the lives of other people because it makes them "feel good" about themselves. they seem to honestly believe that they are saving the world, when in truth they are just screwing it up someplace else.

Unless these people are using electric cars as a murder weapon, I'd say this is highly off topic.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Unless these people are using electric cars as a murder weapon, I'd say this is highly off topic.

No, if he found a poll where Americans were significantly in favor of banning electric cars, he would be justified in making his case. As it stands now, he is just another person with a minority position.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The good news is that rights are not subject to popularity contests.

GFY!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Unless these people are using electric cars as a murder weapon, I'd say this is highly off topic.

So if being used as a murder weapon is the criteria why are we wanting to ban guns that cause less than 1% of gun related murders in the US.

[Danno 1,228]

how about a ban on crappy electric cars? nothing ticks me off more than electric car drivers. a bunch of hypocrites moving pollution away from themselves and screwing up the lives of other people because it makes them "feel good" about themselves. they seem to honestly believe that they are saving the world, when in truth they are just screwing it up someplace else.

This is their M.O.

They don't want oil wells drilled but they like modern transportation and heat, They don't want refineries built they prefer other places have that eyesore. They are all for wind turbines until it is in their town.

They say they are believers in global warming but not one of them has changed more than the light bulbs in their life to reduce it's effects, they all have big TV's computers, roomy homes, they even buy newish cars telling themselves it is more economical.

For all the Leftwing talk of doom and gloom, they would not even buy the elect. Obama cars to "save the planet".

[lostinblue 1,989]

"If we could save just one child"......“President Obama voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act four times, horrifyingly voting against protecting babies who survived abortion and voting in favor of leaving them to die.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52445

[decocker 7,198]

"If we could save just one child"......“President Obama voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act four times, horrifyingly voting against protecting babies who survived abortion and voting in favor of leaving them to die.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52445

It is worth noting that Illinois law already provided that physicians must protect the life of a fetus when there is "a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival of the fetus outside the womb, with or without artificial support."

the facts.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

6 in 10 Americans are Domestic Terrorists. Who knew!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

6 in 10 Americans are Domestic Terrorists. Who knew!

No worries, there are not that many gun nuts. You overestimate the strength of your terrorist network.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

No worries, there are not that many gun nuts. You overestimate the strength of your terrorist network.

Those who support the constitution are terrorists? That's just rich. You truly are a sad little man.