Gun Violence Widely Viewed as a Major – and Growing – National Problem

[MaverickNH]

Gun Violence Widely Viewed as a Major – and Growing – National Problem

Growing shares of Americans view both gun violence and violent crime as very big national problems. 49% of U.S. adults say gun ownership increases safety by allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves; an identical share says it reduces safety by giving too many people access to firearms...

www.pewresearch.org

Yet another poll of a panel of self-selected participants on the internet - all the caveats, as usual.

The interesting thing, is the difference by political identity between those who think Violent Crime is a big problem and those who think Gun Violence is a big problem. Gun Violence is, by definition, Violent crime - but a subset of all Violent Crime. The Uniform Crime Report indicates that about 70% of all murders, 40% of all robberies, and 24% of aggravated assaults involve the use of firearms.

Rep/Rep-Leaning respondents’ responses reflect this reality, while Dem/Dem-leaning respondents’ responses overemphasize Gun Violence. The 2-fold gap is huge.

When a supposedly 80%+ polled want more restrictive gun laws and most legislatures ignore public opinion, they are right to do so.

 

[VetteGirlMA]

Yes I can see more 'punish the innocent' and 'praise the wicked' chicken feed ideas from the democrats.

 

[Token_Black_Guy]

Don't care still buy ammo

 

[EJFudd]

 

[timbo]

Gun Violence? No such thing...
Human Violence? All day long...

 

[Dennis in MA]

You know, there was a Yoohoo Finance article on the GDP # this am. It said that while it was revised from 1.3 to 2.0 for Q1, it wasn't nearly as good as the 2.6 or 3.2 the previous two quarters.

They took ZERO RESPONSIBILITY for chimp-screaming "tehRESSESSUN is coming!!!!!" since hte first of November.

You think people held back in Q1 because every F'ing article was about how we're gonna be in recession by summer????

People think gun violence is up and getting worse because. . . . the press says so. That's it. The more they talk, the worse it gets.

 

[Uzi2]

There is no such thing as "gun violence".

That is just another made up term to steer public sentiment against guns.

Violence is violence and it is only the individual person who commits it who is responsible for it, not the tools used.