Gun control views unchanged after Colorado massacre: poll

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Gun control views unchanged after Colorado massacre: poll

WASHINGTON | Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:42pm EDT

(Reuters) - Americans' views on gun control remain largely unchanged despite the killing of a dozen moviegoers in a Colorado theater this month, a Pew poll showed on Monday.

Forty-seven percent of Americans say it is more important to control gun ownership, while 46 percent say it is more important to protect the rights of Americans to own guns, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press said in a statement.

The numbers are virtually unchanged from April, when 45 percent prioritized gun control and 49 percent gun rights. Other major episodes of gun violence in recent years also had little effect on public opinion about gun laws, Pew said.

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Sixty-seven percent of those polled say that shootings like the one in Colorado are the isolated acts of troubled individuals. Twenty-four percent say such shootings reflect broader problems in U.S. society.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/30/us-usa-shooting-denver-poll-idUSBRE86T19C20120730

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. I hope it brings more awareness to the state of our Health care in general and, more specifically,

to the state of our Mental Health Care. The defunding of some of our programs is shameful and we are seeing the long term repercussions of it.

[4th law of robotics]

2. Maybe we're becoming more mature as a nation

Or maybe we're just becoming tired of the constant state of hysteria the media would have us live in.