For the first time in more than 20 years, more Americans support gun rights than gun control – a shift in attitude that began after the Newtown, Ct., school shootings that killed 20 children Dec. 14, 2012, a new survey finds.
According to the Pew Research Center survey, released Wednesday, 52 percent of Americans say it's more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, while 46 percent say gun control is more important.
The majority support for gun ownership over gun control is a first in more than two decades of Pew surveys.
Since January 2013, support for gun rights has gone up 7 percentage points, from 45 percent to 52 percent, while support for gun control has dipped 5 percentage points, from 51 percent to 46 percent, the survey found.
Shortly after the Sandy Hook School massacre, 48 percent of Americans said guns do more to protect people from crime and 37 percent said they placed people at risk. The recent poll found 57 percent say guns do more to protect people from being crime victims, while 38 percent say it does more to endanger personal safety, Pew reports.
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This should speak loud and clear to omalley. You picked the wrong 52%. Good luck running for president chump.
ReplyDeleteThe real numbers are more like 85/15, but nobody wants to say that out loud. It may spark the inevitable, and they are not ready for that yet.
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like it's time to start talking to young neighbors....