Support for Gun Control Hits New High

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/12/support-gun-control-hits-new-high/

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A new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters support stricter gun laws by 60% to 36%, the highest level of support ever.

American voters support by 94% to 5% requiring background checks for all gun purchases. Voters in gun households support universal background checks 93% to 6%.

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[demosincebirth]

1. The NRA holds the reigns on gn control. Nothing will change

[Hoyt]

2. "64 - 32 percent for a ban on the sale of assault weapon." Wait for the gunners to run and tell

us they aren't "assault rifle," as if people are too stupid to know why gunners are attracted to them. We saw the rifles in action last week, and many times before. We saw Nazi and racists carrying them in Charlottesville and elsewhere. We get they are semi-automatic, but they can still kill plenty fast, and even faster with accessories or modifications.

"64 - 34 percent for a ban on high-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds."

"American voters say 63 - 27 percent that it's possible to make new gun laws without interfering with gun rights. Republicans voters say 51 - 37 percent that it's possible to make gun laws that don't interfere with gun rights and voters in gun households agree 57 - 33 percent."

[maxsolomon]

3. Where is support for Militia Regulation?

If People kill People (with Guns), then People with Guns need better Regulating.

[ClarendonDem]

4. Some of those numbers don't surprise me

But it looks like the support for an assault weapon ban has increased. Not sure I've seen polling numbers on magazine limits before.

[G_j]

5. good luck with that

it clearly doesn't matter what the American people "support".

[ClarendonDem]

6. Washington Post

Has some additional thoughts in this article:

[link:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/12/black-americans-want-new-gun-laws-to-curb-gun-violence-trump-offers-more-police/?utm_term=.8c44fc1b7d31|

[JoeStuckInOH]

7. but "American Voters" is a broad block of voters with dissimilar tastes.

We know, at least right now, that the republican controlled house/senate are taking this information nowhere. And we all know solid liberals and solid conservatives aren't going to change their candidate selections or party line voting based on a single issue. And on this issue, I think it's safe to that people slightly left of center vote for gun control and always have and people slightly right of center vote against gun control and always have.

Which leaves us with the real question:
Which voter is more likely to cross-center to vote on the gun issue in the 2018 and 2020 elections...

a) Will more left-of-center and centrist gun owners cross over and vote for an NRA endorsed candidate.

or

b) Will more right-of-center and centrist people people cross over and vote for gun control.

I predict "a" will win out because people that vote on gun issues tend to have a very strong turnout and a very long memory. They also have a giant organization (NRA) informing them very well on candidates' gun stances and they distribute voting cards much the same way unions do.

As sad as it sounds, as time wears on the recent tragedy that undoubtedly produced these poll numbers will fade in the memories of group "b" and they will become impassioned in some other more recent movement or scandal by the time the 2018 or 2020 elections roll around. Happened after Virginia Tech, Movie Theater, Newtown Pulse, and San Bernadino shootings... there's nothing indicating it won't happen again.

[Weekend Warrior]

8. K&R nt