I was just sent this chart from the "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" campaign which, naturally and of course, I'm a big fan and from which I get emails.
Look at those statistics above, folks. Apparently, it is from a their own poll and it seems to show, and clearly, that maybe all the NRA truly has is a bunch of people with money, opinions and the desire to send letters. It seems the American people want strongly to reduce the number of shootings and killings in the country, doesn't it? And it looks as though they'll support programs to make this happen.
Keep in mind, too, that all it's saying is that it is to "stop criminals, drug abusers, the mentally ill and other dangerous people from buying guns", etc. It's not to take away "your" gun, okay, Mr. and/or Ms. law-abiding gun owner? So chill.
Then, again this morning, I saw a link on my blogroll to another survey on the same subject:
"...a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday...indicates that (a) majority of the public favors restrictions on semi-automatic guns and high-capacity ammunition clips, as well as background checks and limits on the number of guns that can be purchased."
According to the survey, several restrictions, however, are widely accepted. More than nine in ten Americans favor background checks to determine whether a prospective buyer has been convicted of a felony. Six in ten favor a ban on semi-automatic assault guns, and on the kind of extended ammunition clips which Jared Loughner allegedly used in Arizona. Fifty-five percent questioned say they also favor limiting gun purchases to one per month.
I'm loving this, folks, I gotta' tell you.
Now all we need to do is get organized and the mayors seem to be helping that along, don't they?
Have a great day, y'all.
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I'd love to know the specific wording of the questions asked to get these answers--makes a big difference.
I don't have a particular problem with 'getting all the records into the system', so long as what is being used to deny gun rights is sensible, and includes due process.
'all gun buyers pass a background check'--this is especially one where I'd like to know the wording, and how well people understood the current requirements.
I have a serious problem with using 'terror suspect' as a reason to deny any enumerated constitutional right, or the right to travel, even on an airplane. We have already lost a lot of 'innocent until proven guilty' with the drug war, more rights still with the war on undefined terror--the idea of losing still more rights based on a mere accusation is abhorrent--the specifics of the accusation doesn't matter, the fact that it is merely an accusation is what is important. What other rights should be lost because a government bureaucrat or politician accuses you of something?
Six in ten favor a ban on scary-sounding guns that they don't quite understand. Most of the same people would not favor a ban on the Remington Woodsmaster hunting rifle--but that's based entirely on looks, since the Woodsmaster is a semiautomatic rifle with detachable magazines that can do the exact same things as the scary looking and named 'assault weapons'. It doesn't have a bayonet or flash hider, the foregrip is traditional looking, and the furniture is wood instead of black plastic.
Take a look at the arrest and conviction records of the illegal mayors against guns..er, mayors against illegal guns. A far higher percentage of them have been indited and convicted than carry license holders--probably higher than gun owners in general.
I agree--I hope the questions for the survey were well-worded and not leaning in any way.
And now you throw in "scary-sounding guns" as a title. Assault weapons are assault weapons. They aren't for hunting, period.
Next you attack the mayors themselves. That should be beneath you.
It's "indict".
Typo that spellcheck mis-corrected--doesn't change the fact that quite a few of those mayors are corrupt.
The Woodsmaster is mechanically identical to an assault weapon, except more powerful than most. It is unmistakably a hunting rifle, happens to be semiautomatic, comes from the factory with 5 round hunting magazines but can accept larger ones. Biggest difference is that it doesn't look military.
Just because some mayors may or may not be corrupt changes nothing. They're doing their jobs in trying to protect their citizens and cities. It also doesn't mean they shouldn't be protected, for that matter.
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