Black Americans want new gun laws to curb gun violence. Trump offers more police.
By Philip Bump at the Washington Post
https://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=.fb905e329bfc
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Black Americans are much more likely than white or Hispanic Americans to say that they are personally worried about the threat of gun violence to their safety.
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But it is also the case that black Americans are more likely to support a range of policies meant to limit the possession of firearms and that they generally believe that new restrictions would improve public safety.
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More than half the country agrees with all of those proposed bills. On six of the eight measures proposed, black Americans support the policy more strongly than do white Americans. Two-thirds of black respondents think expanded background checks, an assault weapon ban and a ban on sales to those convicted of violent crimes will reduce the amount of gun violence.
Black Americans are also more likely to say that it’s too easy to buy a gun and that allowing more people to own firearms would make the country less safe. Black and Hispanic respondents were overwhelmingly likely to say that Congress needs to take stronger action on gun laws.
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