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http://www.people-press.org/2014/12/10/growing-public-support-for-gun-rights/
Some interesting trends in the report - including the reversal of the majority opinion after Newtown in 2012.
This has to be the single worst alignment of public sentiment and actual statistical risk assessment in the history of humanity. I cannot fathom the logic. "It's safer for me to have a hand held, semi-controlled explosion as long as I point the "shooty' end away from myself."
Lately, it appears that even giving guns to the police is a net negative to general safety of the public, and they are arguably the most highly trained users.
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For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun rights than gun control. Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, while 46% say it is more important to control gun ownership.
Some interesting trends in the report - including the reversal of the majority opinion after Newtown in 2012.
This has to be the single worst alignment of public sentiment and actual statistical risk assessment in the history of humanity. I cannot fathom the logic. "It's safer for me to have a hand held, semi-controlled explosion as long as I point the "shooty' end away from myself."
Lately, it appears that even giving guns to the police is a net negative to general safety of the public, and they are arguably the most highly trained users.
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