AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws

[TomSea]

AP Poll: Support grows among Americans for stricter gun laws

Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents expressed support for stricter laws, with majorities favoring nationwide bans on the sale of semi-automatic assault weapons such as the AR-15 and on the sale of high-capacity magazines holding 10 or more bullets.

The percentage of Americans who want such laws is the highest since the AP-GfK poll started asking the question in 2013, a survey taken about 10 months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators.

High-profile shootings also appear to have taken a toll on Americans' sense of safety. Strong majorities of those polled expressed some degree of concern that they or a relative will be a victim of gun violence or a mass shooting.

Continued: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ap-poll-support-grows-among-americans-for-stricter-gun-laws/ar-BBuIcWn

[Crazieman]

Cold dead hands.

[goatprairie]

Yes, because more gun laws will stop all criminals and jihadists from committing their heinous deeds. Criminals always obey laws. Like when the criminals and jihadists are getting ready to shoot people and they see signs on buildings saying "no guns allowed, "  they immediately turn around and go elsewhere.
Plus the same demented people will never use firearms with less than ten round capacity to kill people. They will never carry two or more guns on them to go on their killing sprees. And they will never carry extra magazines after they empty their weapons.
Yes indeed, more gun laws will be the ticket.
You know, like in Europe with their much stricter gun control laws than the U.S. and where they recently have had a number of Islamo-fascist slaughters using guns and other methods.
But I'm sure Islamo-fascist killers will never use large trucks over here to slaughter people. Just because you can kill many people with a motor vehicle does not mean the killers would consider using methods other than firearms.

Sure. 

[Charlespg]

 

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/gun-sales-obama-administration/2016/06/27/id/735866/

[Timber Rattler]

The AP-GfK Poll of 1,009 adults was conducted online using a sample drawn from GfK's probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. Respondents were first selected randomly using telephone or mail survey methods and later interviewed online. People selected for the KnowledgePanel who did not have access to the internet were provided access for free.

Worthless push poll with dubious respondent selection process.