Support for gun control dwindling in America
The other day, when two armored car guards were gunned down in Philadelphia by attackers who never even bothered to stop and say, "This is a stick-up,'' the chief of police lamented that it's time that the candidates for president of the United States start spotlighting the question of gun control.
But there could be a good reason for the silence - "too quiet,'' as John Wayne might have said -- about a question that Democrat Howard Dean once identified as part of a trinity of conservative issues on the minefield of the campaign trail: "God, guns and gays.''
Public support for stricter gun control has reached a low ebb in modern times, according to a new report of the Gallup Poll. Just 51 percent of Americans believe that laws governing the sale of firearms should be made more strict. Those saying laws ought be kept the same or made more lenient are running at a comparable 47 percent in the early-October survey.
In many tests of sentiment during the 1990's, never fewer than 60 percent of Americans voiced support for "more strict'' gun laws. The tide turned in October of 2001 - one month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 - when Gallup found that support for stricter laws had fallen to 53 percent.
Support for stricter laws started building again between 2003 and 2006, Gallup found, but then started dwindling again this year. And for all the violence on American streets, the number of Americans saying handguns should not be banned - 68 percent - is significantly higher than in 1987 - 50 percent.
"Given that the country is entering a national election year, a time when gun control issues would normally be expected to be debated, the latest results are a notable reversal,'' Gallup reports today. For more on the report and surveys behind it, see Gallup's report.
http://tinyurl.com/yrfqvd
But there could be a good reason for the silence - "too quiet,'' as John Wayne might have said -- about a question that Democrat Howard Dean once identified as part of a trinity of conservative issues on the minefield of the campaign trail: "God, guns and gays.''
Public support for stricter gun control has reached a low ebb in modern times, according to a new report of the Gallup Poll. Just 51 percent of Americans believe that laws governing the sale of firearms should be made more strict. Those saying laws ought be kept the same or made more lenient are running at a comparable 47 percent in the early-October survey.
In many tests of sentiment during the 1990's, never fewer than 60 percent of Americans voiced support for "more strict'' gun laws. The tide turned in October of 2001 - one month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 - when Gallup found that support for stricter laws had fallen to 53 percent.
Support for stricter laws started building again between 2003 and 2006, Gallup found, but then started dwindling again this year. And for all the violence on American streets, the number of Americans saying handguns should not be banned - 68 percent - is significantly higher than in 1987 - 50 percent.
"Given that the country is entering a national election year, a time when gun control issues would normally be expected to be debated, the latest results are a notable reversal,'' Gallup reports today. For more on the report and surveys behind it, see Gallup's report.
http://tinyurl.com/yrfqvd
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I notice it's being brought up about allowing to carry in school zones and such much more lately. Concealed carry permits also seem to be getting more posative attention as well they should. 0 -
The Dems just don't talk about it, as many feel that is why Bush won the 2000 election. But you can bet if Hillary gets elected and the Dems get more elected into the Congress, it will front and center once again. 0
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