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Gun Control & RKBA

ClarendonDem

(720 posts) Sun Nov 19, 2017, 06:16 PM Nov 2017

Interesting poll results regarding an assault weapon ban [View all]

I would have expected older voters to oppose such a ban, but the exact opposite appears to be true.

Resistance to a ban on military-style assault weapons is strongest among millennials, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released this week. It’s a finding that experts said might be driven by the popularity of first-person shooter video games such as Call of Duty and the increasing prominence of military-style guns in the consumer market.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/19/americans-millennials-assault-weapons-ban-poll

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Interesting poll results regarding an assault weapon ban [View all] ClarendonDem Nov 2017 OP

Lots of older Americans think the 2nd Amendment is about the right to hunt. EL34x4 Nov 2017 #1

any support for that claim? ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #2

Nope. Just anecdotal observations combined with a measurable decline in hunting. EL34x4 Nov 2017 #4

Sums me up pretty well. I was more into shotguns, and handguns. Owned a .22 rifle for dae Nov 2017 #9

HIGHEST support for assault weapons ban ever. And 95 % in favor of background check Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #3

The last major victory the gun control advocates won in Congress was in 1994 Lurks Often Nov 2017 #6

Teddy N., is that you? Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #7

How sad for you that's the best you can manage in a response. Lurks Often Nov 2017 #8

Just tit for tat. You can do better than canned NRA propaganda. I know you can! Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #10

Those were facts, not propaganda Lurks Often Nov 2017 #11

that's gonna leave a mark discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2017 #12

Semiautomatic rifles are the new normal krispos42 Nov 2017 #5

And, unfortunately, some wish us to have nothing at all. yagotme Nov 2017 #13