Perhaps why Trump is leaning some towards the background checks? Are any of the polls to be believed? There are more media reporting in the 90's than just these few pointed out. I'm not a huge fan of polls as I think they can be swayed some - some, not into the 900's. I dunno anyway.
But is he simply going by public support? Does he want to take that support and find something that would leave his mark forever? Or, is he maybe using it as bait?
just a couple from 2017 until now. And keep in mind, they always get the higher numbers shortly after a shooting. And it's a poll, of course. But if they were to be believed, which specific questions were they all asked? Who did they call?
If they were to ever pass something large pertaining to guns, it should be put to not only the vote, but then also require the ratification by the states, as CSM pointed out. Even with reported numbers like that, I'm not confident it would win 2/3rd's.
I find it sad that many are succumbing to years and years of democrat lies and propaganda. Lame gun laws will not stop criminals. Fact. So make laws that MAKE SENSE, fight the actual issue, not the inactive knif, I mean gun.
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Politics
October 17, 2017
Americans Widely Support Tighter Regulations on Gun Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The great majority of Americans are in favor of more stringent regulation of the sale and ownership of guns in three ways that go beyond current law in most states. U.S. adults offer near-universal support for requiring background checks for all gun purchases, backed by 96%. Also, three-quarters favor enacting a 30-day waiting period for all gun purchases and 70% favor requiring all privately owned guns to be registered with the police.
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https://news.gallup.com/poll/220637/...gun-sales.aspx
Poll: 95 Percent Support Universal Background Checks for Gun Purchases
An overwhelming majority of American voters support universal background checks for gun purchases, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
The survey's results:
95 percent support universal background checks for gun purchases, while 4 percent do not.
Among those who live in households where a gun is present, 94 percent of voters favor background checks, while 5 percent do not.
The result is the highest level of support for universal checks since the Quinnipiac poll first asked the question in 2013, after the Sandy Hook massacre, the poll report said.
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https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/po.../15/id/826360/
Poll: 97 percent support background checks for all gun buyers
Support for universal background checks has hit a record high, according to a new poll conducted in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in Florida.
Ninety-seven percent of those surveyed in the Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday said they support requiring background checks for all gun buyers, while just 2 percent were opposed.
That's up from the 95 percent support found in Quinnipiac polls released in mid-November and mid-December, which were themselves record highs since the poll began asking the question in early 2013 following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The Quinnipiac poll conducted in November came after a mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...all-gun-buyers
February 20, 2018 - U.S. Support For Gun Control Tops 2-1, Highest Ever, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Let Dreamers Stay, 80 Percent Of Voters Say
American voters support stricter gun laws 66 - 31 percent, the highest level of support ever measured by the independent Quinnipiac University National Poll, with 50 - 44 percent support among gun owners and 62 - 35 percent support from white voters with no college degree and 58 - 38 percent support among white men.
Today's result is up from a negative 47 - 50 percent measure of support in a December 23, 2015, survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll.
Support for universal background checks is itself almost universal, 97 - 2 percent, including 97 - 3 percent among gun owners. Support for gun control on other questions is at its highest level since the Quinnipiac University Poll began focusing on this issue in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre:
67 - 29 percent for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons;
83 - 14 percent for a mandatory waiting period for all gun purchases. It is too easy to buy a gun in the U.S. today, American voters say 67 - 3 percent. If more people carried guns, the U.S. would be less safe, voters say 59 - 33 percent.
Congress needs to do more to reduce gun violence, voters say 75 - 17 percent.
Stricter gun control would do more to reduce gun violence in schools, 40 percent of voters say, while 34 percent say metal detectors would do more and 20 percent say armed teachers are the answer.
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https://poll.qu.edu/national/release...ReleaseID=2521
Two-thirds of Americans support assault weapons ban: Fox News poll
The majority of Americans support a ban on assault weapons in the wake of two recent mass shootings that killed a total of 31 people, a new Fox News poll found.
Two-thirds of Americans favor a ban on assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons as a measure to reduce gun violence, according to a poll released Wednesday. It is a 7-point increase from when the question was asked in March 2018.
Support for an assault weapons ban is stronger among Democrats, at 86 percent, based on the poll. Forty-six percent of Republicans and 58 percent of independents said they are in favor of a ban.
An overwhelming 90 percent of Americans support requiring criminal background checks on all gun buyers, based on the poll. The support is statistically equal between Democrats and Republicans.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/news/45...-fox-news-poll
The surprising support for gun control among Trump voters, in three charts
Whether Congress passes new gun-control laws after the back-to-back attacks in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, probably comes down to whether President Trump decides to push Republicans in Congress to vote for such legislation. And whether Trump decides to push Republicans seems probably to come down to what his supporters think. Trump has never been one to cross his base — like, ever — and the New York Times reports he’s going to commission a poll of his supporters see what they say.
We don’t know how thorough his poll will be, but there is evidence from a recent high-quality public poll that he could find significant support from his base to push for new gun-control laws.
Fox News surveyed voters immediately after the El Paso and Dayton shootings, and the numbers show the momentum is there among Trump’s base to push for gun-control legislation on nearly every aspect of the debate, including: what Trump voters most fear (mass shootings over a terrorist threat), why they think the problem exists (access to guns is up there with concern over lack of services for mentally ill people), and what to do about it (there is measurable support for expanding background checks and red-flag laws).
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...-three-charts/