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Re: Poll: Most Republicans support assault weapons ban, despite Trump saying 'no appetite'

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But even Sandy Hook couldn't make these terrible people change.

The NRA has no appetite for gun control. The GOP has no appetite for gun control. The NRA is a key funding source for the GOP. Could there be a connection?

On the subject of connections...

There's a very strong connection between frequency of gun ownership and mass shootings. Countries in which gun ownership is common experience many more mass shootings than those which don't. Surprise!

Whereas there's no statistical evidence for the other explanations for mass shootings which the GOP provides. No surprise!

Don't ban guns. Ban studies!!!

"Factors That Don’t Correlate

If mental health made the difference, then data would show that Americans have more mental health problems than do people in other countries with fewer mass shootings. But the mental health care spending rate in the United States, the number of mental health professionals per capita and the rate of severe mental disorders are all in line with those of other wealthy countries.

A 2015 study estimated that only 4 percent of American gun deaths could be attributed to mental health issues. And Mr. Lankford, in an email, said countries with high suicide rates tended to have low rates of mass shootings — the opposite of what you would expect if mental health problems correlated with mass shootings.

Whether a population plays more or fewer video games also appears to have no impact. Americans are no more likely to play video games than people in any other developed country.

Racial diversity or other factors associated with social cohesion also show little correlation with gun deaths. Among European countries, there is little association between immigration or other diversity metrics and the rates of gun murders or mass shootings."

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html


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Poll: Most Republicans support assault weapons ban, despite Trump saying 'no appetite'
By: clo in ALEA
Thu, 08 Aug 19 2:19 AM 		Msg. 31200 of 54959

Poll: Most Republicans support assault weapons ban, despite Trump saying 'no appetite'
By STEVEN SHEPARD 08/07/2019 05:00 PM EDT

Most Republicans would support legislation banning assault-style weapons, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll found Wednesday — a finding that contradicts President Donald Trump's claim earlier the same day that there's "no political appetite" for such restrictions.

The poll found that nearly 70 percent of all voters would back such a ban. Support for an assault-weapons ban was higher, at 86 percent, among Democrats, who have been pushing for new restrictions on the firearms in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend.

Republicans typically are more reticent to support new gun restrictions, and Trump campaigned in 2016 on his strong support for the Second Amendment. But the poll found that 55 percent of GOP voters were comfortable with banning assault weapons, and 54 percent said they would support stricter gun laws more generally. Ninety percent said they would back universal background checks for gun sales.

Only 23 percent of all voters oppose an assault weapons ban, the poll found.

The poll was conducted Aug. 5-7, in the immediate aftermath of two mass shootings. A lone gunman opened fire Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 people. Then, early Sunday morning, another gunman murdered nine people in Dayton, Ohio.

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Overall, 73 percent of voters support stricter gun laws, the poll shows — up from 67 percent in the spring of 2018. The remaining 27 percent oppose stricter gun laws. Majorities of Democrats (91 percent), Republicans (54 percent) and independents (70 percent) support stricter gun laws.

Voters almost unanimously want mandatory universal background checks on gun purchasers. More than 91 percent support requiring background checks for all gun sales. Only 5 percent of voters oppose background checks.

http://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/poll-most-voters-support-assault-weapons-ban-1452586

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