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The real public opinion on Guns

From author John Lott:

So much for the claim that Americans want stricter gun control, 56% of Americans are against making gun laws stricter
The headline for Gallup was that "Americans' Dissatisfaction With Gun Laws Highest Since 2001." While dissatisfaction is up, what is interesting to note is that most of the increase is from people who want the laws less strict. Since 2012 the percent who want less strict laws has increased from 8 to 16 percent. The percent who wanted looser gun laws actually tripled over the last year.

Lott is a bit of a pariah to the gun grabbers as he has written extensivly (with links to corroborating data) that private gun ownership lowers crime significantly. Posted by DaveH at January 31, 2014 4:01 PM