Friday, October 4, 2013

Poll: 9 in 10 Americans STILL Support Gun Background Checks

People listen to a prayer during a rally on Capitol Hill Sept. 19, 2013, in Washington, DC.  Members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns held the rally to support enacting background check reforms to firearms sales laws. (Photo by Brednen Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
People listen to a prayer during a rally on Capitol Hill Sept. 19, 2013, in Washington, DC. Members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns held the rally to support enacting background check reforms to firearms sales laws. (Photo by Brednen Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
The vast majority of Americans remain in overwhelming support of universal background checks on all gun purchases even several months after Republicans stymied new gun control legislation in Congress.
Nearly 90% of Americans support background checks, a number basically unchanged from polls taken in the aftermath of last year’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday. Support for background checks among voters in gun-owning households also remained high, with 88% in favor of the checks.
More generally, 54% of those polled support stricter gun control laws.

16 comments:

  1. That's a tight shot there, but compare the numbers that show up for gun-rights rallies.

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    1. Greg, that's weak. The smaller percentage of gun-rights advocates is more passionate. But it's still a smaller percentage unlike what you often say.

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  2. I wonder if the MAIG kept to their now normal tactic of not publically announcing their event till the last minute in an attempt to eliminate the possibility of anyone showing up that might disagree with them.

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    1. What's that got to do with it other than to point out how excessively passionate some gun-rights folks are?

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    2. Maybe point out that there are more of them who will have the passion to campaign and to get out to the polls?

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  3. 90%! That must include many NRA members.

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    1. Keep believing! Maybe the Hogfather will bring you a gun control act.

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  4. Hmm… 46% of those polled are NOT in favor of stricter gun control, but 90% “support background checks”. It seems they were confused into thinking they were asking if they support current law, or they support a Colburn type of DIY bill (which would not be adding restrictions).

    Why can’t they just ask: “did you support the Manchin-Toomey bill?” Or “Do you support making it a federal felony to sell a gun privately?”

    See what kind of answers they get if they ask it that way.

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  5. Every single poll, or survey Mike posts, you hillbillies pronounce as in error. Is that the only comeback you guys have is to call facts and people liars?

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    1. Mike doesn’t post poll results that he disagrees with. Like this one:

      http://www.mediaite.com/online/so-much-for-the-90-percent-poll-shows-gun-control-legislations-failure-greeted-with-relief-by-many/

      So what’s your comeback to this? Error? Liars? This was taken right after gun control failed, and is a far more pertinent question than this “90% support…” one.

      Or this one where 62% say “move on”:

      http://reason.com/poll/2013/05/29/poll-two-thirds-of-americans-want-senate

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    2. Well, some polls are more interesting than others. The second one you mentioned doesn't mean much. I, myself, was sick of hearing about it. That doesn't mean I didn't any longer think we need background checks on private sales.

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    3. You may have been sick of hearing about it, but you would not have said Congress should not bring up another gun control bill. These people said move on to other issues.

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  6. The problem is that without knowing how the poll was conducted, what questions were asked, and how the data were analyzed, the results aren't worth much. The way a question is asked, for example--even if it's a small change in the wording--has a large effect on the outcome. We also see big swings, depending on recent events. Categorically, I'm suspicious of opinion polls.

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    1. The problem is it disagrees with your hillbilly thinking, so it must be wrong.
      Now back to your molar for more NRA direction.

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