JohnRich 4 #1 November 24, 2010 New Gallup Poll:Continuing Record-Low Support for Stricter Gun Control Question: "Do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?"Americans' support for stricter gun control laws has gradually declined over the last two decades, from 78% when this question was first asked in 1990 to 49% in 2008, and 44% in 2009 and again this year. As support for stricter gun laws has decreased, support for keeping gun laws as they are now has increased, from 17% in 1990 to 42% now. Americans are also less likely to say there should be a law banning the possession of handguns except by the police and other authorized persons. The current 29% who favor such a law is within one percentage point of the low of 28% recorded last year, down from 60% when Gallup first asked this question in 1959...Source: http://www.gallup.com/poll/144887/Continuing-Record-Low-Support-Stricter-Gun-Control.aspx Re: The attached graph I wonder if now that the descending "more strict" line has come into contact with the rising "keep as now" line, that both of those will now reach equilibrium and level out together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firemedic 7 #2 November 25, 2010 This is a very interest Trend. I will be watching this one very closely. I wonder how the supreme court rulings killing the DC and Chicago handgun bans will affect this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
