A Txdigest poll: Background checks for guns

[Bob Of Burleson]

Poll: More than 90 percent
in U.S. support background
checks for gun buyers

A Quinnipiac poll found only half of U.S. voters support stricter gun laws,
although support for background checks is overwhelming.

By Frances Burns

HAMDEN, Conn., July 3 (UPI) --More than nine out of 10 U.S. voters support background checks for gun buyers and almost as many say the mentally ill should be barred from buying guns.

A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday found that gun owners are almost as likely as the general public to support background checks. And 89 percent of Republicans agree on the issue, only 3 percentage points lower than Democrats.

But only 50 percent said the country needs stricter laws to regulate guns, while 47 percent said they oppose such laws.

"Americans are all in on stricter background checks on gun buyers and on keeping weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill," said Tim Malloy, the Quinnipiac University Poll's assistant director. "But when it comes to 'stricter gun control,' three words which prompt a negative reflex, almost half of those surveyed say 'hands off.'"

After Adam Lanza killed his mother and 20 students and six teachers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and then took his own life, there were calls for stricter gun regulations. But the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups have lobbied successfully against new laws.

Quinnipiac surveyed 1,446 registered voters across the United States between June 24 and June 30. The margin of error is 2.6 points.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/07/ ... z36V9K9qrK

[GFB]

More guns, less crime.

More guns, less laws.

More guns, less politicians.

More guns.

[Red Oak]

I have always felt that Gun Ownership should be tied to a Voters Registration Card.

All you should have to present is a Voter Id to purchase or carry a gun, and if you a a nut bar or a criminal you can't vote or own a gun.

[GFB]

I have always felt that Gun Ownership should be tied to a Voters Registration Card.

All you should have to present is a Voter Id to purchase or carry a gun, and if you a a nut bar or a criminal you can't vote or own a gun.

I was thinking..the other way around.

First show us your gun..then you can vote.

[John in Plano]

Adam Lanza is a red herring for this discussion. His mother purchased the firearms and did it via an FFL.

[grouchy]

More guns, less crime.

More guns, less laws.

More guns, less politicians.

More guns.

I understand your first comment. I don't understand the logic in two or three. Could you explain please.

[Mark]

What part of "shall not be infringed" does the Left not understand?

[grouchy]

I am surprised at the poll results.

[RaisinCain]

I own several guns, and support background checks.

This will not be a panacea to the problems that people think it will. Bad people will always get guns. None of the guns used at Columbine or Sandy Hook (and many others) were owned by the perpetrators.

A more aggressive overall mental health policy including diagnosis and treatment will be far more helpful than more gun laws and would result in a better outcome for all involved (including shooters and families). Mental intervention could have possibly avoided, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood to mention a few of the more notorious incidents.

[BigTex]

A more aggressive overall mental health policy including diagnosis and treatment will be far more helpful than more gun laws and would result in a better outcome for all involved (including shooters and families). Mental intervention could have possibly avoided, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood to mention a few of the more notorious incidents.

But that's so . . . judgmental. It's easier to just blame the gun.

[RaisinCain]

But that's so . . . judgmental. It's easier to just blame the gun.

You are right; forgive!