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upaloopa

(11,417 posts) Wed Feb 27, 2013, 02:42 PM Feb 2013

60% favor stricter gun laws. 4% favor less strict gun laws. [View all]

That was what I heard on the Rachael Maddow show yesterday. The percentage that favor stricter gun laws has been growing since the CT shooting.
It would be interesting to see how the gun lobby spins that poll result.
The increase in the percentage is because the "CT effect" hasn't gone away per Rachael. The gun lobby is counting that it will diminish.

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60% favor stricter gun laws. 4% favor less strict gun laws. [View all] upaloopa Feb 2013 OP

Rachel is a little loose with her numbers ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #1

Those are not her numbers. Why can't you accept reality? upaloopa Feb 2013 #2

Why can't you accept that details matter which is reality ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #11

Actually, most people do support the AWB. For example, Gallup finds 60% in favor. DanTex Feb 2013 #13

You might read the poll again...the AWB cited is not the current one ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #15

It depends on how that support is distributed hack89 Feb 2013 #3

The trust of the story is that the percentage is growing. upaloopa Feb 2013 #4

Not if that growth is unevenly distributed hack89 Feb 2013 #5

Yeah, aren't you lucky that the GOP has gerrymandered the house in their favor! DanTex Feb 2013 #6

Democratic Senators are the bigger problem right now hack89 Feb 2013 #7

Actually, the heavy lifting is being done by the GOP. DanTex Feb 2013 #8

You are not paying attention to the Senate hack89 Feb 2013 #9

If you truly believe that Dems and GOPers are equally gun-friendly than you have confirmed my DanTex Feb 2013 #10

Not equally - I do support most of the president's initiatives hack89 Feb 2013 #14

They showed the poll on MSNBC this morning BainsBane Feb 2013 #12