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Poll complete
Here are the results of our survey on guns.
Q1: As a Catholic, I support the Second Amendmnet.
Agree - 97.0%
Disagree - 1.2%
Not sure - 1.7%
Q2: We need changes to our current gun laws (like raising the age to buy a rifle to 21, or banning bump stocks) to make our schools safer.
Agree - 31.3%
Disagree - 51.5%
Not sure - 17.2%
Q3: We should focus on enforcing existing gun laws rather than pass new ones.
Agree - 87.3%
Disagree - 5.9%
Not sure - 6.7%
Q4: The debate over guns is a distraction from the more fundamental problems in our culture that are driving kids to violence, It's the culture, not the gun.
Agree - 94.6%
Disagree - 3.4%
Not sure - 2.0%
Q5: The only reason to own a gun is for hunting. There's no need for citizens to own guns if we have an armed police force.
Agree - 3.5%
Disagree - 94.0%
Not sure - 2.5%
Q6: Gun-free zones only invite danger by letting potential criminals know that everyone is disarmed.
Agree - 88.5%
Disagree - 5.3%
Not sure - 6.2%
Q7: In the long run and with few exceptions (i.e. police officers, military use) handguns should be eliminated from our society.
Agree - 3.5%
Disagree - 93.1%
Not sure - 3.4%
* This question is a direct quotation from footnote 36 in the U.S. bishops’ 2000 document “Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice.” But it’s not just a footnote. In their 1990 document “New Slavery, New Freedom: A Pastoral Message on Substance Abuse,” the U.S. Bishops said: “Furthermore, the widespread use of handguns and automatic weapons in connection with drug commerce reinforces our repeated ‘call for effective and courageous action to control handguns, leading to their eventual elimination from our society.’”
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