Anti-gunners always claim that no one wants to ban all guns. They do it despite the numerous people who have said they want to ban all guns. It’s almost amusing, really.
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They claim they’re not coming for your guns, even as they scream about gun control in the wake of Charlie Kirk being killed with the quintessential hunting rifle.
Overall, they say one thing, but demonstrate quite another. They don’t like guns at all; they don’t like that you can have them, and they want them all gone. As Gabby Giffords was quoted as saying, “No more guns.”
But a new poll illustrates why they won’t admit it. Americans, including a lot of self-described Democrats, like having guns in their communities.
With so many laws on the books regulating gun ownership and enforcing myriad gun control measures, it’s more than a bit surprising that Americans prefer law-abiding citizens be allowed to have firearms in their neighborhoods. This includes those who identify as Democrats. A new survey conducted by Napolitan News Service reveals 53% of voters “prefer to live in a community where people are allowed to own guns, while 38% say they would prefer to live where guns are outlawed.” This includes 76% of those who self-identify as Republican and 63% of Democrats.
By an almost 2-1 margin, men say they want to live in an area where their friends and neighbors are allowed to own guns. Women, however, appear to have mixed feelings, with 44% saying they prefer to have firearms outlawed. Forty-three percent of women want to live in a location where guns are allowed.
When asked about gun violence and so-called “mass shootings,” 56% of those polled would rather have the laws already on the books enforced over passing new legislation. Concerning matters of race, it’s clear that blacks and Hispanics are more concerned about “mass shootings.” Only 3% of whites said it was “very likely” that a close family member might be killed in a random shooting, but 11% of blacks and 9% of Hispanics felt more personally threatened.
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Now, that’s not an overwhelming percentage of anything, but it’s still a clear majority, which is meaningful.
Also interesting is that last sentence. While it’s not surprising that the numbers are higher for black and Hispanic people to believe someone they love will be killed in a random shooting, those numbers are significantly lower than we might otherwise be led to believe.
The fact that a plurality of women want guns outlawed is troubling, though, especially as they’re one group that would benefit more from guns than most. The average woman is never going to match up with the average man in a physical altercation. Yeah, there are exceptions, but by definition, most women aren’t the exception. Guns even the playing field for them against a male predator.
This might also be why groups like Moms Demand Action seem to be popular when the numbers above suggest they shouldn’t be.
Clearly, this is a group we need to keep reaching out to.
As for the rest, it’s telling that so many people favor gun ownership being legal and prefer we not enact new gun control laws when the existing ones are so poorly enforced.
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