Millions Spent on Gun Control Campaigns – Americans Not Fooled 86 Comments Poll
Results of a new Pew Research poll show that the majority of Americans now oppose more gun control. Polls conducted by Gallup and CNN yielded similar results. Over the past twenty years, Americans’ opposition to gun control has been growing.
Groups trying to push gun control have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to promote their agenda. In 2013, gun rights groups, including the NRA, spent less than one-seventh as much on television ads. Wealthy individuals such as Michael Bloomberg and George Soros have funded new gun control campaigns for 2015.
Fox News reports:
"Perceptions have changed dramatically, with most people now believing the “More Guns, Less Crime” hypothesis. Gallup recently asked Americans if they thought residents are safer with a gun in the home. People answered “Yes” by a margin of 63 to 30 percent. In 2000, Americans gave just the opposite answer by a margin of 51 to 35 percent. In 2013, sixty percent of gun owners listed “Personal Safety/Protection” as the reason for owning a gun…
Between 2000 and 2014, the number of concealed handgun permits soared from about 2.7 million to well over 12 million. Similarly, the annual number of federal background checks increased from 8.5 to 21 million. According to Gallup, 42 percent of Americans now have a gun in the home.
The Pew Research Center survey found that 57 percent of Americans believe gun ownership “protects people from becoming victims of crime.” Thirty-eight percent believe that it “puts people’s safety at risk.” Support for gun ownership has grown particularly sharply among blacks and women, with their support since 2012 rising by 25 and 11 percentage points respectively."
It appears the American people have spoken. Now it is time for legislators to listen.