Support for gun rights at highest point in two decades
Pew Research Center found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important than gun control — up 7 percentage points from just after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 schoolchildren and ... more >
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By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Support for gun rights is higher than it’s been in decades, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center that signals a stunning turnaround in how Americans feel about the issue just two years after the Newtown school shooting.
Pew found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important than gun control — up 7 percentage points from just after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 schoolchildren and six faculty dead.
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William
ReplyDeleteQuote"The survey asked whether it was more important to “control gun ownership” or “protect the right of Americans to own guns.”. So there you are,now my friend, when will you stop beating your wife?.
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Ladd Everitt, a spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, said Pew’s findings reflect a sharp partisan divide on the issue, but also said the wording of the survey might have influenced the results. The survey asked whether it was more important to “control gun ownership” or “protect the right of Americans to own guns.”
Delete“The notion of having ‘rights’ is certainly going to be more appealing than the notion of being ‘controlled,’ no matter what topic you are asking respondents about,” he said in an email. “We’d be curious to see how the polling would look if Pew Research asked respondents if they believed they had ‘a right to be free from gun violence in their communities through the enactment of sensible gun legislation.’”
They, of course would have to be very selective of the communities that they ask that question.... I have lived all over the US and other than target practice or hunting in rural areas, I have never heard a gun discharged in anger. The subject and the image is emotive and the question that is posed buy this gun control advocate is much more bias than the Pew wording. Pew, in this survey also asked if people gun ownership 'protected people from becoming vicims of crime' or gun ownership 'put peoples safety at risk' ... it to has shown as sharp increase. Appearently responsible black families have finally realized that the police can't in all circumstances protect them and that by Supreme Court ruling, the are not obliged to protect a citizens life or property.
If as he says that this is a partisan issue... one side of the partisan divide, at least on this issue is getting smaller...
You just had to pull on that string didn't you William?....
ReplyDeletePeople are truly concerned with the direction both of our major parties are taking us. The EPA and other departments continue to promulgate right restrictions seemingly on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteIf future poling was targeted I surmise that not only minority populations were turning to personal protection but many of the female gender would be shown to be also. With so many fatherless households it is logical that the fair sex would be turning to a glock in the drawer as a backup "husband."
The EPA, ever think about what they are doing?
DeleteThey make law and they are not elected.
They penalize people, business when they feel they are not in compliance of their law.
Congress and the president have relinquished authority to make laws to bureaucrats.
Laws written by Congress provide the authority for EPA to write regulations.
DeleteObama recently said he was changing the status of emigrants, I think he said "changing the law." He is attempting to accomplish this through promulgation of regulations.
DeleteThe king and his bureaucrats. Oh what fun. The other wing of the progressive party, and their leader John Boehner, of course gladly fund these happy day dreams.
Meanwhile the EPA attempts to reclassified every puddle as a great lake.
Example Mick:
DeleteWASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2013 - The EPA issued a proposed rule today to lower the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) requirement for 2014 below the congressional mandate to 15.21 billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel for blending into gasoline.
While I might support them scuttling the whole damn law, two key words in that sentence (requirement and mandate) don't sound to me like words with a lot of wiggle room or discression from the EPA which is to create rules to ENFORCE THE DANM LAW!
... And Yes.... It's a DANM Shame!
DeleteLaws written by Congress provide the authority for EPA to write regulations.
DeleteThe president bypasses congress to change laws.
The president uses executive authority to not enforce laws, prosecutorial discretion.
I know as along as a democrat resides in the WH you will not see anything wrong with this picture.
In reality it isn't right for either party to bypass the constitution to further their cause.
We have now moved to the world where congress is becoming irrelevant.
DeleteNow that the democrats and the Obama administration have burnt their bridges to the CIA I very much doubt that a serious uprising would face much opposition. Planes and tanks and howitzer ' s are only potent if someone actually utilizes them.
ReplyDelete"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for few public officials." (George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 425-426)