PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
73 Percent Of Americans 'Have No Problem With People Owning Guns' :: 10/13/2017
"Those who defend the Second Amendment trust everyday Americans far more than they trust the government and government officials."
Although the Las Vegas shooting has sparked calls among the liberal media to repeal the Second Amendment, a new poll shows most Americans support the right to bear arms.
An Ipsos poll found that 73 percent of respondents “have no problem with people owning guns.”
Despite Democratic proposals that emerged almost immediately after the Las Vegas shooting to restrict gun ownership and continued anti-gun rhetoric, the poll found that a majority still believes the positives of gun ownership outweigh the negatives.
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“Americans are relatively split on whether owning a gun makes them feel safer — 52 percent agree — and whether the benefits of gun ownership outweigh the risks, 53 percent agree,” Ipsos wrote in its analysis of the poll results.
The survey noted that Americans lack current, accurate knowledge on the issue.
“Only 8 percent are able to answer seven or more knowledge questions correctly, out of a total of 10,” the poll reported.
Americans are unaware of the extent of gun ownership or the decline in gun deaths, the poll noted.
The poll found that bump stocks, a device used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock to increase his rate of fire, were opposed by 82 percent of those polled.
The National Rifle Association has said it would not oppose efforts to restrict the devices, which can allow a semi-automatic rifle to approach a rate of fire similar to that of an automatic weapon.
As political leaders debate laws to restrict gun rights, Scott Rasmussen noted in a Townhall piece that “everybody would like to do something to prevent such disasters from every happening again. But, the overwhelming desire to do something is matched by the pragmatic reality that no new law, policy initiative, or government program could have prevented the gruesome events of Las Vegas.”
Rasmussen remarked that the ramifications of limiting gun ownership often escape those who support the position.
“Those who would like to see guns strongly regulated or banned may think they are just seeking to lessen the potential harm or violence in society. But, they are also suggesting that only government officials or those authorized by the government can have a gun,” he wrote.
Surrendering that much power to the government is more than many Americans would allow, he said.
“Ultimately, therefore, the gun debate is about trust. Those who defend the Second Amendment trust everyday Americans far more than they trust the government and government officials,” he wrote. “The reverse is true for those who want to ban or strictly regulate guns.”
https://www.westernjournalism.com/boom-73-of-americans-have-no-problem-with-people-owning-guns/
