Monday, October 02, 2017

Opinions On Gun Control Are Massively Polarized. They Weren’t Always. - UPDATED


Republican support for gun control plummeted during the Obama presidency.

Most Democrats think the United States is facing a dire gun violence problem that could be eased by passing stricter gun laws. Most Republicans think restrictions would be, at best, ineffective ― and barely more than a third consider gun violence a very serious problem at all.

That’s the state of the national conversation on gun control as the country gears up for yet another debate overshadowed by a historically catastrophic mass shooting.

Many individual policies, including instituting universal background checks and barring gun sales to people convicted of violent misdemeanors, remain widely popular across the aisle. But broader views about the problem of gun violence and its solutions are deeply divided along political lines. Read More

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If the report of the gun hurts the ears of the shooter, he can wear hearing protection earmuffs, which I have worn when target shooting at the local police range. Gun owners do not need silencers on their guns. Only soldiers need flash and noise suppression devices in combat situations.

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