Huge Majority Of GOP Supports Background Checks

[DonViejo]

SAHIL KAPUR MAY 23, 2013, 12:00 PM

A whopping 81 percent of Republicans favor background checks for private gun sales, according to a Pew Research poll released Thursday. But just 57 percent of Republicans said they wanted a background checks bill to pass.

“Many of those who have reservations about the bill express concerns that it includes other restrictions beyond background checks, or that it opens a ‘slippery slope’ toward more government power,” the survey concluded.

Overall, 81 percent of Americans support broader background checks, the survey said. The partisan differences were minimal: 83 percent of Democrats and 80 percent of independents.

But a majority of the public, 56 percent, has soured on the prospects of Congress passing new gun control laws this year.

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[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. Background checks are required in Illinois to get a FOID card to either purchase or even possess a

firearm.

The work exceptionally well. So well, in fact, that we don't need to focus upon the lack of jobs and the absence of a viable future for many.

That's why we don't much gun violence in Chicago.