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In reply to the discussion: "We don't want to take your guns" Exept New Jersey wants to. [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)60. You are aware of how liberal CT is, right?
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/connecticut/release-detail?ReleaseID=1859
By margins of 2-1 or more, Connecticut voters support most gun-control measures, with support for universal background checks at 93 - 6 percent, including 89 - 9 percent among voters in households where there are guns, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Voters support stricter statewide gun-control laws 66 - 30 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Support for specific measures includes:
68 - 28 percent back an expansion of the statewide ban on the sale of assault weapons. Gun owners are opposed 49 - 44 percent;
68 - 28 percent back a ban on the sale of ammunition magazines with more than 10 rounds. Gun owners are divided 49 - 48 percent;
72 - 27 percent back registration of all handguns, with annual renewal. Gun owners are divided with 48 percent in favor and 50 percent opposed;
63 - 31 percent, including 50 - 46 percent among gun owners, favor limiting handgun purchases to one per month;
85 - 14 percent, including 71 - 28 percent among gun owners, back a permit requirement to purchase and carry all guns;
86 - 11 percent, including 85 - 12 percent among gun owners, favor a gun offender registry for those convicted of gun crimes;
76 - 19 percent, including 65 - 32 percent among gun owners, back stricter gun storage requirements;
50 - 43 percent back mandatory liability insurance for gun owners, who oppose this measure 71 - 26 percent.
Voters support stricter statewide gun-control laws 66 - 30 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Support for specific measures includes:
68 - 28 percent back an expansion of the statewide ban on the sale of assault weapons. Gun owners are opposed 49 - 44 percent;
68 - 28 percent back a ban on the sale of ammunition magazines with more than 10 rounds. Gun owners are divided 49 - 48 percent;
72 - 27 percent back registration of all handguns, with annual renewal. Gun owners are divided with 48 percent in favor and 50 percent opposed;
63 - 31 percent, including 50 - 46 percent among gun owners, favor limiting handgun purchases to one per month;
85 - 14 percent, including 71 - 28 percent among gun owners, back a permit requirement to purchase and carry all guns;
86 - 11 percent, including 85 - 12 percent among gun owners, favor a gun offender registry for those convicted of gun crimes;
76 - 19 percent, including 65 - 32 percent among gun owners, back stricter gun storage requirements;
50 - 43 percent back mandatory liability insurance for gun owners, who oppose this measure 71 - 26 percent.
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(4) A semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding [15] 10 rounds.
NutmegYankee
Mar 2014
#26
I think it is limited to semi-auto: the definition of "assault firearm" is what's being
petronius
Mar 2014
#27
are they talking internal or external mags here? the NY laws here are for external only.
dionysus
Mar 2014
#42
the M-1 is semi automatic but has an internal magazine, as opposed to those crappy AR-15s
dionysus
Mar 2014
#44
If you didn't want it commented upon, don't post it on a discussion board
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#73
No. "Compromise" to you lot means "We'll only try to take away guns slowly,...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#71
I'd like to thank you and your fellow Prohibitionists for coming clean about what you want
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#41
The laws I support are also 'reasonable', yet conflict with what *you* want
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#50
You need to find a right wing discussion board that agrees with your radical right wing views
SecularMotion
Mar 2014
#82