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Originally Posted by Northendzone
^ just out of curiosity, where did you get data to support your conclusions on what the majority of americans want?
not that this is in any way scientific, but i watched that jimmy kimmel monologue and lots of comments on youtube seemed to suggest that many americans feel they need a gun to protect them from the king of England attacking them. i am sure some of it is internet bravado, but it makes me wonder about the americans general populations view on guns
i also loved that graphic that is floating around social media on which politicians tweeted out thoughts and prayers but took funds from the NRA
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It was a recent Pew poll in a CNN article. I should have linked the article.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/politi...ing/index.html
http://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx
Admittedly it's about a spike that occurs after a shooting which then they say tends to fade. However, I find the polls themselves to often not be comparable. There are a many people who will answer the following two questions this way:
Do you think there should be background checks on private and gun show sales? Yes
Do you think guns control laws should be more restrictive? No.
For example in the Gallup link 86% in Oct 2015 said they were in favor of universal background checks for ALL gun sales AND a centralized database of gun sales yet only 55% answered yes to having more strict regulations.
There is a massive disconnect with the voting public in this. When you say gun control people think "they are taking my guns!" they don't equate that with common sense regulation such as universal background checks or not selling to people on no fly lists etc. It is associated almost solely with gun bans.
I hope this one changes some things and I think it has legitmately changed some minds. The argument of "good guy with a gun" doesn't apply to this and nearly 5 dozen people are dead and over 500 others injured in a 9 minute shooting spree. Clearly you need more than a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun. You need legislation that allows authorities to dotheir job and protect the community...at the very least.
I think that goes a long ways to helping improve the situation and it isn't a ban on anything. The next step is to ban things that you don't need to hunt or protect yourself and are purely for increased body count. I think you'll have most people on board for that as well.
The answer can not be "well put in better security". Sure that is likely necessary as well, however, I look at it like my profession. I'm a chemist. When I'm doing a reaction I will have a relief valve or rupture disc to prevent over pressure if something happens. It's a last ditch effort to keep people from getting hurt. You don't want to have to use it. Security and weapons screening to me is like that relief valve. Ya you want that as a last second intervention but the safety of the process should be starting much earlier so you aren't truly relying on it.