For first time, a majority opposes AWB

CrazySanMan · Dec 11, 2015

http://louderwithcrowder.com/nyt-majority-americans-oppose-assault-weapons-ban/

For the first time in 20 years of NYT polling, a majority of Americans oppose an assault weapon ban.

It seems that President Obama’s call for an assault weapons ban in his recent Oval Office address and the New York Times’s front page editorial advocating that Americans be made to give up their guns had a significant impact on influencing public opinion — just not in the way that they had hoped.

JB62 · Dec 11, 2015

Public opinion does not matter to our dear leader. He knows what is best for us and his pen still has ink in it..

Rack&Roll · Dec 11, 2015

The large 7-point jump of Americans favoring the AWB in August 1996 followed the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Australia in the Spring of 1996

And not surprisingly, the peak of Americans favoring an AWB was in August 1999, just four months after Columbine.

Seems clear the drop in AWB favorability this month is Americans coming to their senses about what is happening in the real world and not in their Utopian dreams.

Schipperke · Dec 11, 2015

I was hoping more people were not being duped by the language. A semi auto rifle, is a semi auto rifle.. Why not dress an AR-15 in some pretty wood furniture, and see how many know it is the same rifle that bubba has with all the junk hanging off every rail.

Rack&Roll · Dec 11, 2015

You...leave...Bubba...ALONE!!

DC-W · Dec 11, 2015

However, the poll also says that a slight majority want tougher laws -- which seems to be "normal" if you look over the prior numbers.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2644724/poll.pdf

Notice what part people think will better handle gun laws though.

MigraineMan · Dec 11, 2015

Schipperke said:
I was hoping more people were not being duped by the language. A semi auto rifle, is a semi auto rifle.. Why not dress an AR-15 in some pretty wood furniture, and see how many know it is the same rifle that bubba has with all the junk hanging off every rail.

Like this? Looks like a proper hunting rifle to me.

aireyc · Dec 11, 2015

DC-W said:
However, the poll also says that a slight majority want tougher laws -- which seems to be "normal" if you look over the prior numbers.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2644724/poll.pdf

Notice what part people think will better handle gun laws though.

The whole "tougher laws" is a BS question because most people don't know what laws are already on the books. A few years ago I was talking to a guy who was all in favor of the AWB and strict gun control because he thought things were easy to buy. I showed him my 77r and read the questions and he realized he was disqualified and couldn't buy a gun. I was laughing my ass off at him.

Armati · Dec 11, 2015

FEMA tells you "You are on your own for the first 72hrs". People are listening. The war, people seeing EBRs everywhere on TV, the zombie craze, and an overall sense that the govt will not help them, are all contributing to this.

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DC-W · Dec 11, 2015

aireyc said:
The whole "tougher laws" is a BS question because most people don't know what laws are already on the books. A few years ago I was talking to a guy who was all in favor of the AWB and strict gun control because he thought things were easy to buy. I showed him my 77r and read the questions and he realized he was disqualified and couldn't buy a gun. I was laughing my ass off at him.

Excellent point. Thanks :thumbsup:

5.56blaster · Dec 11, 2015

Rack&Roll said:
You...leave...Bubba...ALONE!!

All hail president Penis with Ears! :party29:

5.56blaster · Dec 11, 2015

MigraineMan said:
Like this? Looks like a proper hunting rifle to me.

It's got WOOD! Must be the way shes holding it..... :lol2:

Rack&Roll · Dec 11, 2015

Armati said:
FEMA tells you "You are on your own for the first 72hrs". People are listening. The war, people seeing EBRs everywhere on TV, the zombie craze, and an overall sense that the govt will not help them, are all contributing to this.

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People lie to pollsters, but the video of lines around the block at gun stores is as truthy as it gets.

ryan_j · Dec 11, 2015

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger has or had a NYC concealed carry permit. John Lott mentioned this in "more guns less crime."

iH8DemLibz · Dec 11, 2015

Ain't it a beautiful thing.

Let them keep pushing gun control.

Now, if the Republicans are smart, they will make an RNC commercial outlining this fact going to election season.

State that the majority of Americans, Right, Left, and Center believe in owning semi-automatic firearms.

BeoBill · Dec 11, 2015

iH8DemLibz said:
Ain't it a beautiful thing.

Let them keep pushing gun control.

Now, if the Republicans are smart, they will make an RNC commercial outlining this fact going to election season.

State that the majority of Americans, Right, Left, and Center believe in owning semi-automatic firearms.

If the RNC is smart they will say and do nothing. Everything they've touched so far has turned to crap. Just let the Dems keep on keeping on...

iH8DemLibz · Dec 11, 2015

I didn't say have Todd Akins do the commercial...

BigDaddy · Dec 11, 2015

Polls exist to create a news story or to push the press's agenda. I don't participate in telephone polls, they always call at dinner time.

The original article says the Afro-American margin of error is 10%. That's a pretty big error for a process that is trying to convince you they are producing meaningful results.

Maybe the result is not what the NYT thought or maybe it's the result they wanted to galvanize liberal into action against the NRA

Brooklyn · Dec 12, 2015

BeoBill said:
If the RNC is smart they will say and do nothing. Everything they've touched so far has turned to crap. Just let the Dems keep on keeping on...

If the RNC is smart..they will dissolve the party and start over.

Look for lots of defections.. First to independent then to a new party.

Brooklyn · Dec 12, 2015

BigDaddy said:
Polls exist to create a news story or to push the press's agenda. I don't participate in telephone polls, they always call at dinner time.

The original article says the Afro-American margin of error is 10%. That's a pretty big error for a process that is trying to convince you they are producing meaningful results.

Maybe the result is not what the NYT thought or maybe it's the result they wanted to galvanize liberal into action against the NRA

Polls exist to be compared to other polls..especially across time.

All the defcts of polls are not new,therefore the effects of same are constant.

For first time, a majority opposes AWB

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