Poll: Americans think that tougher laws won’t make us safer
The Washington Times reports that a CNN poll taken this past weekend among 1,000 Americans, 61% don’t think that tougher gun laws will reduce violence;
Six in 10 Americans say having stricter gun control laws would not reduce the amount of violence or the number of gun-related deaths in the country, a new CNN/ORC poll said.
Sixty-one percent of respondents said having stricter controls would not reduce the amount of violence in the country, while 39 percent said having stricter controls would do so.
And 60 percent of respondents said having stricter laws would not reduce the number of gun-related deaths in the country, compared to 40 percent who said they would.
So this is from the actual poll results.
But, at the same time, we’re about evenly split on whether we need more government control over our access to firearms.
Apparently, the race of the responders has a lot to do with opinions on these questions.
Category: Guns
Are these. . . . FIRST responders?
WTF good are laws if they aren’t enforced? Just look at the shitty-assed piss-poor job the Federal Government has done of that in the past few years, ’nuff said!
Does the data suggest that “Blacks” should have strict gun control? What if I am “Mixed”, does that mean I am only half committed to gun control?
So, if a Black marries a Hispanic and adopts an Asian child, does that mean the child will grow up too lazy to commit a crime with a gun, or just know better by genetics?
Maybe “Blacks” are just tired of you Right Wing Gun Nutz shooting everyone.
Dont scream at me, I am just reading the data.
If blacks were concerned about RW gun violence you’d think they’d prefer to arm themselves…
I like the idea of gays arming themselves as well ala the Pink Pistol chapters….nothing like an armed gay person killing the folks looking to give them a beating to send a proper message about behavior in a civilized society.
Lethal force is ever so scary and unbelievable until that moment arrives when you see a family member get stabbed in the head and then suddenly, lethal force becomes not so scary and oh so necessary and useful.
LA is debating whether all guns in homes need to be locked up, even the cops’ — for safety reasons:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gun-lock-concealed-weapons-20150626-story.html
Ummmm. . . . didn’t DC (District of Criminals, aka “Mordor on the Potomac”) just have those useless laws repealed?
Or, to phrase it more succinctly: a Conservative is a Liberal who’s been mugged.
Unless, of course, they decide instead to be a freaking hypocrite and say, “OK for me, but not for thee.” Kinda like the late columnist and gun control advocate Carl Rowan.
And now, Carl T. Rowan Jr. sits on the NRA Board of Directors. I wonder what Dad would say about that.
It seems like those polled calling for stricter gun control wants everyone to be a victim. It’s easier to play that card versus taking an active role to protect themselves and their loved ones.
I see it a little differently. Those who want stricter gun control laws are in denial. Denial that guns are ever used legitimately, denial that bad things will still happen if guns are banned, denial that they’ll ever be in a situation where bad things happen. VOV talked about people finding themselves in a situation where lethal force becomes necessary — but there are people who, finding themselves in that situation, would simply curl into the fetal position and wait their turn to die.
And I see it differently.
The UCR statistics (and all other statistics) say that the black community sees more violence. More black people are victims. Most of the perpetrators are black people. If my community was like that, I might be inclined to favor gun control.
The cited document suggests that if all those people voted, there would be as many black voters as white voters. I wonder if the ratio of people in the poll represented the US population – 74% white, 12% black, 9% mixed, 4% asian, and 1% other. And what about the mixed and asian people, did no one collect numbers for them? And did they call them on cell phones? Ya’ know, not everybody has a cell phone.
According to CNN/ORC, who did the poll, blacks represent 30% of those polled. There was no differentiation between Hispanic and white in the poll. So, it doesn’t appear that the poll represents the U.S. population.
They claim to have interviewed” 611 by landline and 406 by cell phone.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/29/obama.approval.pdf
Bought a gun lately? Hispanics get their own special box. Everyone who buys a gun as to admit to or deny being Hispanic.
Look at box 10a, and yes it must be answered or you dont get a gun.
https://www.atf.gov/file/61446/download
Don’t you have a sailboat that needs its boom vang adjusted or something, Dave?
I think he was adding a healthy dose of (/sarc) into that reading.
Very true. Dave’s been on a roll lately too.
I am just trying to get all I can in now. Its kinda hard to post when you are out to sea. Dont get your hopes up, its only kinda hard via satellite link, I didnt say impossible.
If Jonn would stop posting all these Gun Crazed Loons I could go back to surfing midget porn.
Guns are only a tool. Used in crime, the tool is improperly used.
But it’s for the children…..
So is my daughter’s gun.
At this point, “what difference does it make”?
Pass new laws, and either they’ll be ignored by us (WWNC – We Will Not Comply) and/or po-po won’t enforce them.
Just another set of traps to catch the unwary citizen as he breaks his three minimum felonies per day.
Well, gee whiz, I read through all these comments and with a few exceptions, it appears that a large portion of you misunderstood the headlined which says, and I quote: Poll: Americans think tougher gun laws WON’T make us safer.
WON’T means ‘will not’.
If 61% polled think that way, where are you people getting the idea that this is in favor of MORE and tougher gun laws, when it isn’t?
Geez, you’re doing what my mother used to do: get half the information, get half of that right, and go with half of what you got right.
Dear old mummy thought that when termi limits discussion came up in the news, it meant that Reagan would get elected for life. She nearly had a fit and sat in it.
Reread that: ‘WON’T’ MEANS ‘WILL NOT make us safer’.
Probably because many read that as ONLY 61%. That means that the lefties are making great strides, and only have a few more opinions to turn before we can no longer hold them to Constitutional requirements.
“The Washington Times reports that a CNN poll taken this past weekend among 1,000 Americans, 61% don’t think….” And that’s where it should have stopped.
‘Dripping water wears away stone.’
WoooooooooooooW, thats deep stuff Pinto.
(I am stealing that)
Take the parable from my hand, Grasshopper…
Heh.
You are obviously one of the gun toting “White” people who are repressing the rights of others.
Clearly, the data shows that those who “identify” as different than you do not want to be subjected to your rules.
Aaah, stuff it, DH, you old gasbag.
Are you coming on me again? Lets not have pillow talk in front of the children.
What?!?!? I thought you were coming on to me!
I suppose you’re going to start sending me stalker e-mails now.
Go ahead. Make my day.
Hey, when I make breakfast for you…just say thank you. You don’t have to go into all that, “How did you get into my house” bull.
Geshhhh, some people are never grateful.
Promises, promises, promises.
HEY, YOU TWO! Knock off the heavy breathing, will ya? Yur foggin’ up my monitor!
Girls just want to have fun, PN!
She started it. I always get blamed for everything. Where’s my puppy?
Take your pick.
http://mittelwest.com/for-sale/puppies-for-sale/current-litters/
How about we just enforce the fucking laws we have for a start?
Well, I’m sure there are laws about f(*)king but it’s usually about what you don’t want your kids to pull up on the home computer, and why they shouldn’t send FFN pix of themselves to anyone.
isn’t that what the Supreme Court just addressed?
The Good News stories published by Jonn always inspire me when some POS is DRT. Now those should be the real headlines in EVERY major newspaper. Were it so, it might just give would-be tough guy burglars a second thought. If nothing else, reason to look for his friends on the obit page and wonder when his own name is going to be listed. That is, IF he can read and comprehend. Go ahead dumbasses, the ground if full of illiterate former bad asses like you morons.
Rob your ass blind until the dirt is thrown over your taxpayer-funded casket! Give Momma a reason to finally get in touch with your Daddy. Probably find him in line on the first of the month at the Post Office picking up his check for a lifetime of sitting on his ass.
Meanwhile in Vermont silencers/suppressers will legal in two days. I have started on my form 4.
I shoot in Indiana. About a third of the rifles have suppressors. It gives us loudenboomers a complex.
Well, per the mid-day news, it’s legal for people in Indiana to own sawed-off shotguns, a/k/a short-barrel shotguns.
Actually, all the lib arguments against law abiding citizens is falling on increasingly deaf ears. I do believe that is the message of the poll and nothing else. Not that long ago people were split about 50-50 on gun control with the loudest voices telling us that half the people want more gun control. What you are hearing form moron libs like Dave is the squeal of a hog just before they head off to the slaughter room. Libs are losing on all fronts, they just control a lot of the media so it would appear that they actually are winning all of the arguments. With the sampling of blacks being 30% the poll is going to be skewed as many of them don’t believe in fighting back although more and more are coming to the realization that they too are able to carry a concealed weapon and actually fight back. Most libs really are mentally ill or at the very least very, very immature and every single one of them is in denial about the consequences of their behavior as a whole and the way it affects them, their families and the country as a whole. What we will see in the future is more and more people refusing to comply to all these stupid laws they are passing. I read elsewhere that less than 10% of gun owners in New York complied with their new SAFE act laws to register their guns. There are now over 1 million new felons in that state that own guns and will not give them up. You have to remember, libs are generally cowards and they are not willing to risk everything for their stupid beliefs and die for their cause. How about it there Dave old buddy, will you die for ocare? Or die for gay marriage? Will you put your life in the line to confiscate weapons from someone just because they are keeping them unlocked in their house? Or will you, like 99% of them stand back and let someone else do it for you because you are too… Read more »
Thunderstixx, who are you addressing by the name of Dave?
If you’re going after Dave Hardin, he’s hardly a braindead liberal. If you can’t tell when he’s being a snarky sort, you’re not paying attention.
The thought occurred to me the other day, which occasionally happens, that this reciprocity thing bandied about by SCOTUS in regard to recognizing gay marriage licenses across state lines can easily be applied to reciprocity for recognizing out-of-state CCW and ‘no permit required’ ownership rules, by states that have strict gun control.
I think someone else brought it up, also. It’s probably not wise to test that just yet, but someone most likely will in the near future. Now that should send the control freaks into screaming fits.
I would hope for VERY SOON, just think of it, the sound of liberals bawling and screeching so hard they make their heads fly off their shoulders and explode in midair as a brass band plays “The Stars and Stripes Forever”…
Tougher laws won’t prevent criminals from breaking them. That’s like saying a higher fence will stop a dog from digging under it.
They need tougher ENFORCEMENT of the current gun laws. That means the police need to be allowed to do their jobs.