Posted on 07/25/2012 11:53:23 AM PDT by lowbridge
Most U.S. gun owners - even current and former members of the National Rifle Association - support some firearms ownership restrictions including criminal background checks for prospective gun buyers, according to a poll commissioned by an anti-gun lobbying group.
The survey, conducted by Republican pollster Frank Luntz for the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was carried out in May but was released on Tuesday in the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting that killed 12 people last week.
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Luntz said he polled 945 gun owners nationwide - half of whom were gun owners who were current or former members of the NRA, a gun rights group that takes a hard line against most firearms control measures, and half of whom were not affiliated with the NRA.
The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The survey did not provide results looking only at the responses by current NRA members.
Seventy-four percent of the current and former NRA members and 87 percent of the other gun owners supported criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun, according to the poll.
Seventy-nine percent of current and former NRA members and 80 percent of the other gun owners supported requiring gun retailers to perform background checks on all employees to ensure they are not felons, the poll found.
Poll respondents also favored eligibility requirements for obtaining concealed weapon permits, with 63 percent of current and former NRA members and 74 percent of the other gun owners agreeing that applicants must be at least 21 years old.
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Not everywhere - I don’t need anyone’s permission slip to carry open or concealed in my state.
Then Democrats should put it in their party’s platform and run on gun control. If you tell that to some gun grabber idiot like Luntz, they get a real frightened , shocked look on their face as if they have just been caught lying.
Then let’s have background checks for all voters when they register.
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And let’s have background checks on reporters, editors, TV anchors, etc, before allowing them to become members of the media.
It should be that way in every state!!!
The point of a free country is that the rights of a minority are not defined by the whims of a majority.
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