Political Scientists: Gun Owners are Politically Weaker than People Think

[txradioguy]

Think only one-quarter of the population has guns in the house, do you? <laughs in private sales gun owners>

“I would argue non-gun owners still overestimate the size of gun ownership, because gun owners seem politically powerful in the United States because it seems so hard to put restrictions on guns,” [said University of Kansas political scientist] Haider-Markel.

If more Americans knew the real size of the gun-owning population in the U.S., they might view that population as politically weaker, he said.

– AP News for Washington Times, Most Americans Overestimate Gun Ownership

As for being politically weaker, well, I will say I think a sad majority of gun owners are politically lazy….


https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2019/02/kat-ainsworth/political-scientists-gun-owners-are-politically-weaker-than-people-think/

[Elderberry]

Going to the link it makes it look like the words are from Kat Ainsworth, but she just cut and pasted Mark Joslyn's words from the AP article.

[Polly Ticks]

[...] it seems so hard to put restrictions on guns,” [said University of Kansas political scientist] Haider-Markel.

That pesky Constitution just keeps getting in the way.