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ancianita

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Mon Aug 5, 2019, 02:41 PM Aug 2019

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_J7E


Looking 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

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Gallup On Guns [View all] ancianita Aug 2019 OP
Gallup is far from the most reliable pollster Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #1
According to 538? 538?? And realclearpolitics.com, eh? Well, then. ancianita Aug 2019 #2
You can always look it up yourself. n/t Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #4
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
You want proof that Gallup is only B rated at 538? Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #6
Okay, cool. But it's 538, begun in '08. Who rates 538? 538! ancianita Aug 2019 #9
Feel free to rate 538 however you want Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #19
Thank you for your informative post.. with links!! Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #18
it appears it's not up to the people or congress...it's up to the NRA. spanone Aug 2019 #3
Most U.S. Americans can't be bothered enough with guns to own one. hunter Aug 2019 #7
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
I only believe polls sarisataka Aug 2019 #8
The trouble with sarcasm online is that there are people who believe elocs Aug 2019 #10
Indeed sarisataka Aug 2019 #14
I have written things and made them so broadly and obviously sarcastic elocs Aug 2019 #16
Most people in the U.S.A. can't be bothered to own a gun, second amendment or not. hunter Aug 2019 #24
Despite what Americans believe, what will this Supreme Court do, elocs Aug 2019 #12
A change in the national situation and total harm done could be weighed against the NRA's tired ancianita Aug 2019 #13
This conservative Supreme Court would make that ruling? elocs Aug 2019 #15
We're more grounded in reality here than a lot of 20-somethings whose cerebra haven't yet developed. ancianita Aug 2019 #21
I've noticed more of a "wishing makes it so" attitude elocs Aug 2019 #22
I hear you. I myself would rather be a wrong pessimist than a wrong optimist. And so do others, ancianita Aug 2019 #25
SCOTUS has ruled sarisataka Aug 2019 #17
Right. So there's room for "well regulating" rulings that support eliminating military weapons, etc. ancianita Aug 2019 #20
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