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Poll: Gun control support spikes after shooting
Washington (CNN) — Support for tighter gun control laws increased 9 percentage points after the Orlando terror attack, and support for background checks and other measures being debated in the Senate hovered around 90%, according to CNN/ORC poll released Monday.
The support for tougher gun laws rose to 55% in the newest poll -- the highest number since just one month after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, in January 2013.
But support for specific gun control measures was very strong, with 92% saying they wanted expanded background checks, 87% supporting a ban for felons or people with mental health problems and 85% saying they would ban people on federal watchlists from buying guns. Among Republicans, that number is even higher -- 90% say they favor preventing people on the terror watch list or "no fly" list from buying a gun. That number is at 85% for Democrats.
Versions of those proposals are being taken up in the Senate Monday evening -- but are all expected to fail along mostly party-line votes.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/politics/cnn-gun-poll/index.html
The support for tougher gun laws rose to 55% in the newest poll -- the highest number since just one month after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, in January 2013.
But support for specific gun control measures was very strong, with 92% saying they wanted expanded background checks, 87% supporting a ban for felons or people with mental health problems and 85% saying they would ban people on federal watchlists from buying guns. Among Republicans, that number is even higher -- 90% say they favor preventing people on the terror watch list or "no fly" list from buying a gun. That number is at 85% for Democrats.
Versions of those proposals are being taken up in the Senate Monday evening -- but are all expected to fail along mostly party-line votes.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/politics/cnn-gun-poll/index.html
While the vast majority of Americans support tougher gun control legislation, the NRA/ILA/GOA bought-and-paid-for politicians from both sides of the aisle are too afraid of losing their second source of income to follow the wishes of the People.
We must support and vote for Democrats who are not in the pockets of the right-wing gun lobby to fill positions at ALL levels of government. Our children's lives depend on honest politicians putting the brakes on the gun violence epidemic in this country.