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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't Buy NRA-BULL: * No, public sentiment has NOT “waned” on guns
* No, public sentiment has not waned on guns: The aforementioned Morning Joe/Marist poll finds that 87 percent of Americans support expanded background checks, and six in 10 say gun laws should be stricter. We keep hearing public sentiment has dissipated on guns, but support for background checks remains overwhelming three and a half months after Newtown.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/MJ_Marist%20Poll%20Release_April-2013.pdf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/03/the-morning-plum-republicans-increasingly-isolated-on-many-major-issues/
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17572210-morning-joe-poll-60-percent-of-americans-want-stricter-gun-laws?ocid=twitter
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)I rather doubt that all that many people changed their position on gun control over Newtown. It's more a case of those who already favored stricter regulations (and a modest number of new converts) being motivated to make some noise.
hack89
(39,171 posts)ie - does the private seller have to permanently keep records of the transaction.