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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gallup On Guns [View all]
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/262724/gallup-guide-public-opinion-guns.aspx?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=o_social&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=&fbclid=IwAR11mo_GWogxj0EuOXs0tTuQv6ARvfNaXs2etgt0rJdLNEqaBIipZCB_J7ELooking through Gallup's links is good data knowledge. Gallup is the oldest and largest poller in the U.S. It also has the largest sampling numbers, which make it the most valid and reliable polling we have.
Gallup's key data on gun violence and gun policy.
-- Americans support stricter gun laws in Gallup's most recent updates on gun trends, but the majority don't embrace bans on handguns and assault rifles.
Six in 10 Favored Stricter Gun Laws in October 2018
U.S. Majority in 2018 Opposed Ban on Assault Rifles
-- Gallup finds widespread support for background checks and other restrictions on gun purchases.
Americans Widely Support Tighter Regulations on Gun Sales
-- The importance of gun control as a voting issue has increased in the past two decades.
One in Four Will Only Vote for Candidate Who Shares Their Views on Guns
-- Americans supported six of seven ways to deter mass school shootings a month after the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, with Republicans and Democrats agreeing on five.
Public Opinion on Solutions to School Shootings
Six in 10 Favored Stricter Gun Laws in October 2018
U.S. Majority in 2018 Opposed Ban on Assault Rifles
-- Gallup finds widespread support for background checks and other restrictions on gun purchases.
Americans Widely Support Tighter Regulations on Gun Sales
-- The importance of gun control as a voting issue has increased in the past two decades.
One in Four Will Only Vote for Candidate Who Shares Their Views on Guns
-- Americans supported six of seven ways to deter mass school shootings a month after the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, with Republicans and Democrats agreeing on five.
Public Opinion on Solutions to School Shootings
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You lose if you make a claim and show no proof. I've at least got polling history in the OP.
ancianita
Aug 2019
#5
I'd like to believe it. I know how to use a gun but wouldn't own one. Still, the existence of guns
ancianita
Aug 2019
#11
I've shot and killed and made dinner of animals I've eaten, but not in the 21st century.
hunter
Aug 2019
#23
Thanks for your story. Fascinating. I remember vets who wouldn't go near firearms, too.
ancianita
Aug 2019
#26
Most people in the U.S.A. can't be bothered to own a gun, second amendment or not.
hunter
Aug 2019
#24
A change in the national situation and total harm done could be weighed against the NRA's tired
ancianita
Aug 2019
#13
We're more grounded in reality here than a lot of 20-somethings whose cerebra haven't yet developed.
ancianita
Aug 2019
#21