Poll: Stricter gun controls favored by most young adults across racial, ethnic groups

[SecularMotion]

CHICAGO (AP) — LaShun Roy supports a ban on semi-automatic weapons and more comprehensive background checks. But the 21-year-old gun owner from rural Texas doesn't consider gun-control measures a top priority in this year's elections.

For Keionna Cottrell, a 24-year-old who lives on Chicago's South Side and whose brother was shot and killed this year in another Illinois city, few things are more important than limiting access to guns.

"So many people are dying here because there is no control of the weapons out on our streets," said Cottrell. "Young men ... have real military guns and they're not scared to use them."

Although their lives and experiences differ, the young women's shared support for additional policies to curb gun violence reflects the feelings of many Americans between the ages of 18 and 30, regardless of their backgrounds, according to a new GenForward poll.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/08/poll_stricter_gun_controls_fav.html

[guillaumeb]

1. Do these young adults contribute heavily to political campaigns?

If not, they truly go unheard.

[mwrguy]

2. Gun control is a winning issue

We should hit it hard.

[SecularMotion]

3. We need a voting bloc in Congress to oppose the influence of the NRA

[SCantiGOP]

4. Great news

But not unexpected.

[billh58]

5. K & R

More change on the way, and it keeps gaining momentum.

[Hoyt]

6. People are seeing what gunners' sick habit is doing to America.

[Abq_Sarah]

7. Could you expand on that a little?

Did you intend for that to be a personal attack on all firearms owners on this forum?

[Hoyt]

8. No, firearms owners in general who put their sick needs above what is good for America.

[Abq_Sarah]

9. Sick needs?

Could you elaborate without the typical hyperbole?

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. No. He can't. One-trick pony personified.

[Hoyt]

14. As they say, a picture or video is worth a 1000 words.

[Waldorf]

12. Seems Americans are doing pretty good with their firearms. 99.99% of them are not used

to commit a murder. What exactly is a sick need? Something your disagree with?

[Orrex]

13. At least 99.99% of Americans don't commit murder

Therefore, those 99.99% shouldn't be subject to any laws against murder.

[Hoyt]

15. Other, more civilized/educated countries, do much better.

[R.A. Ganoush]

21. Pillowcase full of batteries

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[aikoaiko]

11. But the 21-year-old gun owner from rural Texas doesn't consider gun-control measures a top priority

And that's the problem for the pro-restrictionists.

[Hoyt]

16. Nor does he care about human civil rights, environmental issues, etc.

[friendly_iconoclast]

17. "He" is an African-American woman, and the article wasn't about those subjects:

Are your other posts about guns of similar accuracy?

From the linked article in the OP, which you apparently didn't read:

Roy, a full-time college student who learned to handle assault rifles while serving in the National Guard, said it's possible to protect the rights of gun owners and implement safeguards. That puts her among the 54 percent of young adults — including 61 percent of Asian-Americans, 57 percent of African-Americans and 52 percent of Latinos and whites — who say laws limiting gun ownership do not infringe on the public's right to bear arms.

"I think it's important to make sure the government isn't going door to door saying, 'Let me see your guns and ammo,'" said Roy, who is black. "But I think it's really important to have background checks ... and make sure a felon can't get a gun."

[friendly_iconoclast]

18. It appears that my interlocutor found the above post to be ...inconvenient.

[Eleanors38]

19. I am confused. Is this the proper forum for a pedestrian gun post? I have several.

[SecularMotion]

20. Thanks for the kick