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HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« on: August 14, 2019, 05:19:50 pm »
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HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
By Solange Reyner    |

Thirty percent of registered voters say mental illness is to blame for mass shootings in the United States, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll published Monday.

The survey comes after two recent mass shootings left 31 dead and dozens more injured. In El Paso, Texas, Patrick Crusius opened fire at a Walmart last Saturday, killing 22. He was charged with capital murder and is awaiting trial. In Dayton, Ohio, a day later, Connor Betts donned body armor and a mask before opening fire outside a bar with an AR-15 style weapon, killing nine.

The Hill-HarrisX survey also found:

    24% of registered voters said weak gun laws was the top reason for shootings.
    21% said hateful public rhetoric was the top reason.
    7% said social media was to blame.
    4% cited video games as the problem.

Read more at: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mental-illness-background-checks-red-flag-laws-mass-murder/2019/08/12/id/928336/?oRef=mixi
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2019, 05:21:42 pm »
So they didn't include mental illness as a cause? Glaring omission.
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2019, 06:08:13 pm »
Quote from: austingirl on August 14, 2019, 05:21:42 pm
So they didn't include mental illness as a cause? Glaring omission.

Read the first sentence again.
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2019, 06:14:26 pm »
Only 30%?  Well my poll says 70% of the respondents are morons.
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2019, 12:21:02 am »
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24% of registered voters said weak gun laws was the top reason for shootings.
    21% said hateful public rhetoric was the top reason.

So, 45% blame Trump, to be reported by Don "Fingermyself" Lemmon tonight.
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2019, 04:07:25 am »
The seminal thought is that "weak gun laws" aren't the problem, even in the eyes of the respondents to the poll.

So why are our wannabe masters in DC pushing so damned hard to make more laws?
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2019, 02:38:52 pm »
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The seminal thought is that "weak gun laws" aren't the problem, even in the eyes of the respondents to the poll.

So why are our wannabe masters in DC pushing so damned hard to make more laws?

The better to enslave us, my dear.
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Re: HarrisX Poll: Just 24% Blame Shootings on Weak Gun Laws
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2019, 02:39:23 am »
Quote from: austingirl on August 15, 2019, 02:38:52 pm
The better to enslave us, my dear.
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