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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums70 percent of American prioritize laws reducing gun violence over gun rights: poll
Seven out of ten Americans said that new legislation reducing gun violence should be prioritized over protecting gun rights amid a particularly deadly string of mass shootings in the country, according to a new ABC/Ipsos poll.
Twenty-nine percent of those surveyed said gun rights should be a higher priority than reducing gun violence in the country, according to the poll.
Ninety percent of Democrats said lawmakers should prioritize laws focused on reducing gun violence, while 75 percent of respondents who identify as Independents said the same thing.
However, 56 percent of Republican respondents said protecting the rights of gun owners guns is a higher priority.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/70-percent-of-american-prioritize-laws-reducing-gun-violence-over-gun-rights-poll/ar-AAY76EI
Walleye
(31,045 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)Opinions on gun control are somewhat meaningless if you dont vote.
Walleye
(31,045 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)now it's all what the CULT wnats
secularhumanizer
(18 posts)With this kind of across-the-board support HOW can this even be an issue?!!!! Like reproductive rights.....at least 70% support a woman's right to chose...HOW can this even be an issue?! VOTE DAMN IT!!!!
JI7
(89,264 posts)Magoo48
(4,720 posts)Now, it simply highlights the peoples weakness.
Sandy Becker
(51 posts)... especially when they tell me what I want to hear.
That said, the thing is to do the right thing and let popularity take care of itself.
SYFROYH
(34,183 posts)I'm a gun owner who is invested in gun rights and reducing gun violence.