CNN Poll Offers Bad
News for Gun Controllers, Anti-gun Candidates
Friday, September 18, 2015
Candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination – Hillary Clinton
and Martin O’Malley
– have spent significant effort in recent months trying to outdo one another on
gun control by boasting about just how much they intend to trample upon our Second
Amendment rights once in office. However, a new poll released this week from CNN and ORC International should give their
campaign staffers pause, as it makes clear a majority of Americans staunchly
support their Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Respondents were asked “In your view, do existing laws make it too easy for people to buy guns, too difficult, or are they about right?” Half of respondents (49%) thought laws were “about right.” Certainly this is good news, but the revelation that is sure to give Michael Bloomberg and Everytown heartburn is that 10% responded that current laws make buying a gun “too difficult.” Together, this means a strong majority (59%) of Americans are opposed to further restrictions on the Second Amendment.
Perhaps the reason a strong majority of Americans aren’t in favor of more gun control is that they have realized the bankruptcy of the anti-gun advocates’ proposals. The survey went on to ask “If gun control laws were changed so that more comprehensive background checks were put in place for all gun purchases, how likely do you think that they would… prevent those with mental health problems from buying guns.” Respondents were offered the options of “extremely likely,” “very likely,” “somewhat likely,” and “not at all likely.” A majority (56%) answered that checks were not at all likely or only somewhat likely to prevent such sales.
The same question was also asked as to whether further background checks would prevent convicted criminals from buying guns; and those polled were even more skeptical. This time, 58% thought that checks were not at all likely or only somewhat likely to restrict these sales. Again, a majority of Americans are clearly on the pro-gun side of the equation.
These numbers shouldn’t come as a surprise. The American public’s attitude has been shifting in favor of gun rights, and against gun control, for more than two decades. Gallup’s polling from 1990 through 2014 tells the story, revealing that support for further restrictions on the sale of firearms has dropped by more than a third, while the desire to keep the laws the same or to make them less strict has exploded.
While we might question their prudence in touting radical gun controls in the face of such opposition, this, of course, doesn’t mean we hope Clinton and O’Malley alter their tactics. In fact, we can thank them for being very clear about their anti-gun beliefs -- along with their plans to scuttle the Second Amendment --so when it comes to the voting booth next fall, America’s 100 million gun owners will know the score.
Respondents were asked “In your view, do existing laws make it too easy for people to buy guns, too difficult, or are they about right?” Half of respondents (49%) thought laws were “about right.” Certainly this is good news, but the revelation that is sure to give Michael Bloomberg and Everytown heartburn is that 10% responded that current laws make buying a gun “too difficult.” Together, this means a strong majority (59%) of Americans are opposed to further restrictions on the Second Amendment.
Perhaps the reason a strong majority of Americans aren’t in favor of more gun control is that they have realized the bankruptcy of the anti-gun advocates’ proposals. The survey went on to ask “If gun control laws were changed so that more comprehensive background checks were put in place for all gun purchases, how likely do you think that they would… prevent those with mental health problems from buying guns.” Respondents were offered the options of “extremely likely,” “very likely,” “somewhat likely,” and “not at all likely.” A majority (56%) answered that checks were not at all likely or only somewhat likely to prevent such sales.
The same question was also asked as to whether further background checks would prevent convicted criminals from buying guns; and those polled were even more skeptical. This time, 58% thought that checks were not at all likely or only somewhat likely to restrict these sales. Again, a majority of Americans are clearly on the pro-gun side of the equation.
These numbers shouldn’t come as a surprise. The American public’s attitude has been shifting in favor of gun rights, and against gun control, for more than two decades. Gallup’s polling from 1990 through 2014 tells the story, revealing that support for further restrictions on the sale of firearms has dropped by more than a third, while the desire to keep the laws the same or to make them less strict has exploded.
While we might question their prudence in touting radical gun controls in the face of such opposition, this, of course, doesn’t mean we hope Clinton and O’Malley alter their tactics. In fact, we can thank them for being very clear about their anti-gun beliefs -- along with their plans to scuttle the Second Amendment --so when it comes to the voting booth next fall, America’s 100 million gun owners will know the score.
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham
Clinton is a presidential candidate in the 2016 presidential election, and was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation.
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank),
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for
the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor
at the Harlem Children's Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was the president of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director
at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
Ted
Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a trustee & major donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Annise
Parker is an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety, and a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council.
Martin
O'Malley was a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and is a presidential candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
Michael R. Bloomberg
is the founder of Everytown for Gun
Safety, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of
the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was
a contributor for Americans for
Responsible Solutions, a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, and a donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety”
group for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety” group for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety” PAC for guns.
William H. Gates
III is a co-chair for the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, and the creator of the Bill Gates "last day" video.
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was featured in the Bill
Gates "last day" video, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is a presidential
candidate in the 2016 presidential
election.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter
Isaacson is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
John
J. Mack is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
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