Poll: Support for tighter gun laws increases

[SecularMotion]

After a steady string of mass shootings and a revival of the political fight over gun control, Americans are slightly more likely than they were two years ago to say gun laws should be made stricter, a new Associated Press-GfK poll found.

Despite the uptick in favor of tighter gun laws, Americans remain deeply divided along party, gender and geographic lines on an issue that has ricocheted into the presidential campaign. Eight in 10 Democrats favor stricter gun laws, while 6 in 10 Republicans want them left as they are or loosened.

Still, the results show the calls for tighter laws have some bipartisan appeal, with 37 percent of Republicans, including 31 percent of conservative Republicans, favoring stricter gun laws.

The new poll was taken two weeks after the shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., thrust the discussion of gun control into the country's attention and the presidential campaign. Polls regularly find a rise in support for tighter gun laws after such shootings — although that support often levels off as the headlines fade.

http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Poll-Support-for-tighter-gun-laws-increases-6605893.php

[Waldorf]

1. We already have lots of gun laws on the books. I'd much rather see a vigorous enforcement

of existing laws before looking at adding more.

[virginia mountainman]

3. Enforcing existing laws is a...

NRA talking point™, and as such, is a complete non-starter.....

[DonP]

2. Gun Control has lots of "Polls" and "Studies", but not much in the way of actual progress ... ever

No shortage of Billionaire funded "studies" and "Polls", always showing how everyone agrees with them.

But when it comes to actually doing anything about it, legislatively or judicially in the real world or even here on DU, all we see is online whining in GD or LBN by the same 5 or 6 people, claiming they are a majority. Well, that an occasional hide of a gun owner post and the decade old ominous threat of, "the tide is turning" on this issue, but it never quite does.

None of the loudest "spokespeople" for gun control ever seem to start petitions to repeal CCW or the 2nd amendment, nobody ever seems to get around to going to town halls to speak out. If they did, I'm sure it would be trumpeted loudly in multiple forums.

Much easier I guess to just complain about the evil NRA's stranglehold on Congress, than actually do anything with all that 90% "support" they claim to have ... plus Bloomberg's Millions of $$$.

I guess words are as far as their "Activism" commitment goes.

[FLson]

5. How do you explain Colorado?

They tightened their laws, so did Connecticut. It's a matter of time, pieces here and there.

[DonP]

6. Yeah, Colorado where we lost control of the legislature over gun control

and never mind all the union jobs that left the state.

Connecticut? Where they passed a so called assault weapon registration law they can't enforce.

Great victories to bask in.

[FLson]

8. Can't remember the name of the general

but at a meeting he went up to Ho Chi Minh post Vietnam war and said something along the lines of "America never lost a battle." Ho Chi Minh politely replied with a smile "this is true, but it is also irrelevant."

How does a tiger eat an elephant? One bite at a time. And so on.

Gun control follows poverty and human suffering. Folks leave spots like D.C., California and NYC and carry their politics with them to spots like Austin, Texas and other pro-gun areas.

[Eleanors38]

10. State which sends more people to Austin by far? Florida.

With apologies to California, I have invented a new term for it: Floridation.

(CA is a fairly distant second, and CA's new Austinites make significantly less money than the FL transplants. BTW, the ranges are over-loaded out here. )

[Eleanors38]

13. Sounds like quite an adventure! Judging from your food list

Sounds like this is in Florida. I seriously considered getting raw land their during the bust; some acreage was -1,000/acre in Union Co. Even East Alachua County ( 5 miles from Hogtown) was going for 1,500/acre with access to a state secondary road. Low, rough, swampy, but full of turkey and deer. But been in Austin 45 yrs, will probably croak, here. I have to figure out how to convert my beat-up place near Town Lake into a couple hundred acres for posterity, and leave the rest for the health care machine.

I am still amazed how many younger folk in this town have no problem with gun-ownership for SD. We are almost as big as Tampa, and the crime rates are pretty low. But it is a complete bitch to even get out of town to go hunting, the transportation being so incredibly bad. My main street is zoned for four miles, either side: Condos. Betting its excess cash from S. FL's real estate recovery flowing out here; people and the biz model.

Watch out! You'll be called a Survivalist!

[Eleanors38]

15. Thanks for the tips. Food's better in FL, if it doesn't go thru IFAS!

[GGJohn]

7. Colorado?

Where most of the Sheriff's refuse to enforce those new law?
Connecticut? Where the Assault Weapons registration is not being obey nor enforced?

Yep, that real progress.

[Kang Colby]

9. Fantastic post.

I enjoyed your analysis and wanted to thank you for that interesting post.

[Eleanors38]

11. I second that.

[ileus]

4. They didn't call this democrat.