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Egnever

(21,506 posts) Thu Feb 15, 2018, 01:43 PM Feb 2018

Our representatives have been failing us for decades.

http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Trends%20in%20Gun%20Ownership_US_1972-2014.pdf

Support for a law requiring a police permit before purchasing a firearm was between 69-75% in 1972-
1988 with no clear trend before moving up from 73.5% in 1988 to a peak of 81.9% in 1998 (Table 6).
Support remained at 78-81% during 1989-2008 before slipping to a low of 71.7% in 2014, the lowest
level since 1987.

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