Latest Polls About Gun Control in US - Jan 14

[HunterDave]

Here's some pretty interesting results from the latest polls conducted in the US.

Pew Research - In Gun Control Debate, Several Options Draw Majority Support

http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/14/in-gun-control-debate-several-options-draw-majority-support/

Langer research - On Eve of Newtown Recommendations, Most Back New Gun Control Measures

http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1146a1GunControl.pdf

Gallup - Americans' Dissatisfaction With Gun Laws Spikes to 38%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/159824/americans-dissatisfaction-gun-laws-spikes.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication

[CNP]

Here's some pretty interesting results from the latest polls conducted in the US.

Pew Research - In Gun Control Debate, Several Options Draw Majority Support

http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/14/in-gun-control-debate-several-options-draw-majority-support/

Langer research - On Eve of Newtown Recommendations, Most Back New Gun Control Measures

http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1146a1GunControl.pdf

Gallup - Americans' Dissatisfaction With Gun Laws Spikes to 38%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/159824/americans-dissatisfaction-gun-laws-spikes.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication

These polls are in conflict with each other:

The first two polls indicate a "majority support" and "most back new gun control measure", while the third poll says Americans' Dissfatisaction with gun laws "Spikes to 38%". The third poll indicates that the majority of Americans want the status quo or even less gun law.

[rugatika]

How many gun control activists would be willing to put a "gun free" stop the violence sign on their front lawn?

https://www.theprojectveritas.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=141

PS: If you guessed more than zero, you are wrong.


Also note this poll, where 100% of the people think that gun free zones DON'T make people safer.

https://www.theprojectveritas.com/node

[rugatika]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/159830/debt-gov-dysfunction-rise-top-americans-issue-list.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines


And here's another poll showing only 4% of Americans feel gun control is their top concern.

[Classic_Cool]

I found this interesting:

People who favor gun rights are also about twice as likely as gun control supporters to have contacted a public official about gun policy (15% vs. 8%).

Seems to indicate that gunless people are lazier :thinking-006:

The bit about putting security guards in schools sounds good until you realize how easy that is to get around. If there's one thing these school-attacking whack jobs usually have in common, it's planning. A single security guard is pretty simple to incapacitate if you have a while to think about it. You'd really need 2 or 3 of them per school to be effective.

As for the mental illness barrier for owning guns, that's a pretty vague criteria. I forget the stats but I believe the majority of people can be tagged with a fashionable mental problem if someone actually checks. Not saying that Mr. Crazy should have a gun. Just questioning how enforcement will be carried out.

[HunterDave]

These polls are in conflict with each other:

The first two polls indicate a "majority support" and "most back new gun control measure", while the third poll says Americans' Dissfatisaction with gun laws "Spikes to 38%". The third poll indicates that the majority of Americans want the status quo or even less gun law.

Yeah, that third poll is kind of funny, there's also 14% missing if you add the stats all up. They asked......Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the nation's laws or policies on guns. If respondents answered dissatisfied, they were asked a follow-up question to determine whether they think the laws should be made more strict, made less strict, or kept as they are. Is it possible that people could be satisfied yet still support stronger background checks.....I don't know.

The Gallup poll released on Dec 27 went into much more depth and taken together might provide a better understanding:

Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws, Still Oppose Bans

http://www.gallup.com/poll/159569/americans-stricter-gun-laws-oppose-bans.aspx

[Okotokian]

How many gun control activists would be willing to put a "gun free" stop the violence sign on their front lawn?

https://www.theprojectveritas.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=141

PS: If you guessed more than zero, you are wrong.



Though interestingly, when that New York Newspaper published the names and locations of those who held gun licenses, those people didn't like it one bit either. One would have thought being known as a gun owner would strengthen your security. Guess not. Seems people just don't want to be known as a gun owner or a non-gun owner.

As to "conflicting" polls, seems to me that the last one (Gallup) is pretty accurate in a general way. Most Americans would say they are satisfied with the current laws. But then when you get specifc like the first poll did and ask something like "Should there be more restrictions regarding guns for people with mental illness" or something like that, they say "oh yes, of course".

[Classic_Cool]

Though interestingly, when that New York Newspaper published the names and locations of those who held gun licenses, those people didn't like it one bit either. One would have thought being known as a gun owner would strengthen your security. Guess not. Seems people just don't want to be known as a gun owner or a non-gun owner.

Lol, can you imagine if each house had a sign? My guess is that the gangs would form a line at gun owner's houses, and the home invaders, rapists, and vandals would take the rest :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[rugatika]

Though interestingly, when that New York Newspaper published the names and locations of those who held gun licenses, those people didn't like it one bit either. One would have thought being known as a gun owner would strengthen your security. Guess not. Seems people just don't want to be known as a gun owner or a non-gun owner.

As to "conflicting" polls, seems to me that the last one (Gallup) is pretty accurate in a general way. Most Americans would say they are satisfied with the current laws. But then when you get specifc like the first poll did and ask something like "Should there be more restrictions regarding guns for people with mental illness" or something like that, they say "oh yes, of course".

I would say being a gun owner strengthens your security when you're at home. (unless of course you have an ar15 which as we all know kills people on it's own). Lots of reasons for gun owners not wanting their address to be public info...theft, stalkers, abusive exes etc. Being a non-gun owner wouldn't strengthen your security ever.

Already one man on the list has had his home broken into. The thieves couldn't get into his gun safe and left without anything.

[Gust]

Hey Dave, Remember the Quality Trout thread and the term Push-Poll? I think some of the questions might have been of the push variety. Here's an example of how a push question might read;

Would you be in favour of less restrictions on hand guns or have your children living in safety?

Tories, Liberals, NDP'ers and the like get many things pushed through with skewed polls and the answers. I think push poll companies should be outright banned.

[HunterDave]

Hey Dave, Remember the Quality Trout thread and the term Push-Poll? I think some of the questions might have been of the push variety.

Which questions in the polls that I attached seem to be of the push variety Gust? I didn't notice any but I only glanced through quickly. I'll have a better look later on. :)

[bat119]

Gun polls really don't mean much
Ban semiautomatic handguns? in the US? might as well wish for world peace or something more realistic.
Any kind of serious gun control in the states would cause another civil war those with guns against those without.

[HunterDave]

Gun polls really don't mean much
Ban semiautomatic handguns? in the US? might as well wish for world peace or something more realistic.
Any kind of serious gun control in the states would cause another civil war those with guns against those without.

They already did it in the US from 1994 to 2004 when the legislation expired. There was no civil war but I'm betting that there were a lot of ticked off people. The assault weapons described in the act were grandfathered and that is why there has been a run on gun buying since all this talk of stricter gun control started.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

[CNP]

Gun polls really don't mean much
Ban semiautomatic handguns? in the US? might as well wish for world peace or something more realistic.
Any kind of serious gun control in the states would cause another civil war those with guns against those without.

Is their a push to ban semi-auto handguns lol?

What about revolvers? Revolvers shoot just as fast as semi-auto hand guns right? Ban everything except single shot derringers:sHa_sarcasticlol:

The people making ban suggestions have no clue what they are banning or why........other than to get rid of all firearms

[bat119]

on every poll "do you support a ban on semiauto pistols"

The ban on assault type guns back in 94 was the ban on selling "new" guns used guns could still be bought and sold. It takes a few years to push a bill through giving everybody a chance to stock up then when the ban comes in you sell used NIB guns at twice the price. Right now people are in a buying frenzy buying up everything in sight before any law comes into effect.

[HunterDave]

on every poll "do you support a ban on semiauto pistols"

The ban on assault type guns back in 94 was the ban on selling "new" guns used guns could still be bought and sold. It takes a few years to push a bill through giving everybody a chance to stock up then when the ban comes in you sell used NIB guns at twice the price. Right now people are in a buying frenzy buying up everything in sight before any law comes into effect.

That's not what I've been reading. The way that I understand it is that if there was a ban on, for example, AR15's, and they were grandfathered, you could keep the one that you own but you couldn't sell it to someone or pass it down to your kid when you die. I'm pretty sure that's accurate but I suppose that legislation could be adjusted any way that they wanted to.

[bat119]

Guns in the US are not registered once they leave the gun shop the owner can sell it to anybody. the goverment doesn't know who sold what to who!

[HunterDave]

What about revolvers? Revolvers shoot just as fast as semi-auto hand guns right? Ban everything except single shot derringers:sHa_sarcasticlol:

The issue in the US with pistols is not about how fast a firearm can shoot, it's about the number of rounds that you can fire without reloading. I think that's why some pistols were banned in 1994 while others weren't.

[bat119]

If you want read about the effects of the 94 ban

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/817036/posts