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AndyS

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19. Not really. Take Texas and the 'constitutional carry' (it's not) law.

Reply to hack89 (Reply #16)

Sat Nov 27, 2021, 07:45 PM

Nov 2021

More than 67% of voters polled disapproved of the bill yet it passed because a small group of Gun Owners of Texas camped out in legislator's offices. Like I said upthread, a small group of vocal fanatics can bully legislators.

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A lot is being made of polls showing support for stricter gun laws is at a 10 year low. [View all] AndyS Nov 2021 OP

He is how you should look at poll results regardless of the results nycbos Nov 2021 #1

Thanks for the facts and context. Hoyt Nov 2021 #2

Post removed Post removed Nov 2021 #3

Stricter Gun Laws? SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #4

Instead of "Lenient", we should call them "Liberal" maxsolomon Nov 2021 #6

That's An Interesting Idea SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #7

Gun humpers are masters of dishonesty and misdirection. It's in their nature. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #5

I dont think we're as serious Busterscruggs Nov 2021 #8

It bounces around in a narrow range hack89 Nov 2021 #9

The context also shows that support for gun control was once 70+% SYFROYH Nov 2021 #10

Yeah, it's amazing how a small group of fanatics can bully politicians into ignoring the AndyS Nov 2021 #13

A political scientist once told me there isn't a correlation between public opinion and new laws. SYFROYH Nov 2021 #15

First off, it is not a huge majority hack89 Nov 2021 #17

That's funny, the last I looked 57% was a much bigger majority than 9%. Like more than 5 times AndyS Nov 2021 #18

Show me the distribution hack89 Nov 2021 #21

nope AndyS Nov 2021 #23

It has everything to do with the Senate hack89 Nov 2021 #25

Then explain why 2/3 of Texans were over ruled by a hand full of gun nuts. AndyS Nov 2021 #27

One state vs 50 states hack89 Nov 2021 #28

. AndyS Nov 2021 #30

You ran away from your OP hack89 Nov 2021 #32

Not in EVERY state. Just most of them. AndyS Nov 2021 #34

Now prove that a majority of people in a majority of states support gun control hack89 Nov 2021 #35

I've seen support for gun control described as being like a wide but shallow river. That is, Dial H For Hero Nov 2021 #31

Gun control should have been included in the infrastructure bill fescuerescue Nov 2021 #11

Gun Control would have been a poison pill for the Infrastructure Bill PBC_Democrat Nov 2021 #12

There is a line item for gun violence prevention at the local level. AndyS Nov 2021 #14

That support is misleading hack89 Nov 2021 #16

Not really. Take Texas and the 'constitutional carry' (it's not) law. AndyS Nov 2021 #19

At the national level gun control dies in the Senate hack89 Nov 2021 #22

What part of the Texas post did you not understand? nt AndyS Nov 2021 #24

Your OP is a national poll so what does Texas have to do with anything? hack89 Nov 2021 #26

I surrender to your obviously superior intellect. AndyS Nov 2021 #29

We can't have them because of the Senate. Basic civics. Nt hack89 Nov 2021 #33

The problem isn't so much but gun owners. PufPuf23 Nov 2021 #20

Yeah but the ones who vote are the pro-gun crowd Polybius Nov 2021 #36