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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gun control? Americans increasingly see more guns as the solution, not the problem. [View all]
Gun control? Americans increasingly see more guns as the solution, not the problem.
By Amber Phillips July 27
Gun control is still going nowhere in Congress. And in fact, with every major mass shooting in America, gun-rights supporters seem to be digging in even further -- and bringing the rest of America along with them.
It's an echo of a familiar theme from NRA head Wayne LaPierre. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," LaPierre said frequently amid the more recent gun-control debate.
And most Americans agree with this logic, according to a 2014 Pew Research Poll. Since the 2012 Newtown, Conn., massacre of 26 people, including 20 school children, the poll found a nine-point rise in the number of Americans who think gun ownership could "protect people from becoming victims of crime."
Increasingly, Americans see guns as the answer -- not the problem -- to mass shootings.
In fact, the pro-gun-rights lobby is so powerful and its voters so active that Democratic senators who support gun laws tend to reverse their positions before reelection, a 2014 research paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research found.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/27/gun-control-americans-increasingly-see-more-guns-as-the-solution-not-the-problem/
By Amber Phillips July 27
Gun control is still going nowhere in Congress. And in fact, with every major mass shooting in America, gun-rights supporters seem to be digging in even further -- and bringing the rest of America along with them.
It's an echo of a familiar theme from NRA head Wayne LaPierre. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," LaPierre said frequently amid the more recent gun-control debate.
And most Americans agree with this logic, according to a 2014 Pew Research Poll. Since the 2012 Newtown, Conn., massacre of 26 people, including 20 school children, the poll found a nine-point rise in the number of Americans who think gun ownership could "protect people from becoming victims of crime."
Increasingly, Americans see guns as the answer -- not the problem -- to mass shootings.
In fact, the pro-gun-rights lobby is so powerful and its voters so active that Democratic senators who support gun laws tend to reverse their positions before reelection, a 2014 research paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research found.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/27/gun-control-americans-increasingly-see-more-guns-as-the-solution-not-the-problem/
"Most Americans agree with this logic"
My comment: Spin that.
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Gun control? Americans increasingly see more guns as the solution, not the problem. [View all]
beevul
Jul 2015
OP
Ah yes. Anti-gun dogma, originating from people that publish anti-gun dogma.
guillaumeb
Jul 2015
#14
Anecdotal evidence, or a few isolated incidents in a nation of over 300 million
guillaumeb
Jul 2015
#7
I'm bookmarking this post for the next round of articles about accidental shootings.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#9
If you asked my interlocutor to provide his stats from unedited sources you would see it.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#12
A USA-version of the Canadian Firearms Act would clearly be unconstitutional.
branford
Aug 2015
#109
I hold a different view as I don't wish to see our nation adopt gun control laws similar ...
spin
Aug 2015
#112
I believe you meant to say "Why *don't* we have far more gun violence........."
pablo_marmol
Aug 2015
#114
If by causation you mean the "why" that determines why any particular shooter decides
guillaumeb
Aug 2015
#36
why the reluctance to attribute any causality between drugs/gangs and gun violence?
the band leader
Jul 2015
#20
Why do some Americans feel such a strong desire to own so many gold coins?
the band leader
Jul 2015
#27
Huh? I don't care about the NRA, Bloomberg, Frank Luntz, or anyone else, on DU or elsewhere.
branford
Aug 2015
#62
I think that compromise has already been achieved, given that the Robert's SCOTUS decision
guillaumeb
Aug 2015
#65
"I think that compromise has already been achieved..." I don't. Again, what will you give up?
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#66
Not supporting registration =/= "no limits or regulations on gun ownership and possession"
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#91
Our interlocutor has not offered any argument that hasn't been seen here before
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#92
"Compromise", here, means "we're willing to settle for a little now, without anything in return,...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#73
"AFAICT, not one gun control advocate on DU who has called for 'compromise'.......
pablo_marmol
Aug 2015
#115
Do you define "shoddy studies" as those with results that challenge your beliefs? eom
guillaumeb
Aug 2015
#51
You actually trust unverified phone surveys on an increasingly sensitive topic?
Lizzie Poppet
Aug 2015
#108
Consider learning what words actually mean before attempting to employ them.
Lizzie Poppet
Aug 2015
#134
Except gun deaths keep falling - tough for the grabber to spin the "more guns more death" lies
DonP
Aug 2015
#77
gun lovers are clueless or worse. its sad to hear arguments that only make sense in a
samsingh
Aug 2015
#93
Well, you know us gun owners, we're all just too dumb to recognize your "brilliant insights"
DonP
Aug 2015
#136
you must also believe that lion hunters are trying to help nature and not put a trophy on their fing
samsingh
Aug 2015
#88
at least i don't love guns more than life and then twist things to support my bloodlust.
samsingh
Aug 2015
#94
Do you really believe that the routine juvenile sexual innuendo and other related
branford
Aug 2015
#143