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On 04 Jan 2023, "max headroom" <[email protected]> posted some

As Democrats ramp up gun control, a supermajority in U.S. think

gun ownership

good for society

Democrats with ambitions of broad gun control in the United States

face a major

themselves.

Gun rights remain broadly popular in the United States, even after

years of

Democratic efforts to turn high-profile mass shootings into major

gun control

initiatives.

A long history of gun ownership, coupled with robust

constitutional protections

for firearm ownership here, have led to one of the largest private

gun stocks in

the world.

The enduring popularity of guns in the U.S. was underscored by a

recent RMG

Research poll conducted by Scott Rasmussen, one that earlier this

month found

some support for new gun laws among voters but far more

overwhelming

favorability toward gun rights.

More than six out of every 10 voters "would prefer to live in a

community where

people are allowed to own guns," the polling found, while more

than 70% said

"there are positive benefits to allowing private gun ownership."

Demographic breakdowns show the vast majority of Republicans

agreeing with those

sentiments, yet even Democrats feel favorable toward gun rights in

the

responses, with Democratic respondents evenly split on the former

question and

agreeing with the latter by nearly 60%.

Notably, those numbers are up from an earlier survey conducted in

September,

which found just under 60% of respondents were comfortable living

in a community

with private gun ownership.

An ongoing positive view of gun ownership throughout the country

hasn't stopped

Democratic efforts to enact stricter gun control over the years.

For decades

federal, state and local efforts have focused on restricting both

gun ownership

in general and classes of weapons available for gun owners in

particular.

In June, President Joe Biden signed into law a landmark gun

control bill that

instituted more restrictive background check rules as well as

incentives for

states to institute "red flag" laws that would allow firearms to

be seized from

people preemptively considered a threat.

Biden at the time admitted that the bill "doesn't do everything I

want," and the

president has since been vocal about his desire for further gun

control,

including in September a call to "ban assault weapons in this

country."

Democrats have also been aggressive in pushing gun control at the

state level,

with well-known Democratic strongholds like New Jersey and New

York boasting

some of the strictest gun laws in the country.

In Washington state this month, Gov. Jay Inslee and state Attorney

General Bob

Ferguson announced upcoming legislative efforts to clamp down on

gun rights

there, including a permit requirement for gun ownership.

"You need to get a license to drive a car in the state of

Washington, you need

to get a license to go fishing," Inslee said during a press

conference. "It's

time that you get a license to make sure that you have safety

training to

purchase a gun in the state of Washington."

At times Democratic legislators have faced harsh rebukes for gun

control

support. In 2013 two Colorado Democratic senators were

successfully recalled for

their support of a package of gun control laws, including

"universal background

checks."

It's not just government, meanwhile, that has moved to restrict

gun rights.

Earlier this year it was revealed that the New York-based

Amalgamated Bank was

part of the effort to create a new merchant category code for gun

stores,

ostensibly in order to track illegal gun purchases.

The specter of a specially designated marker for gun purchases

could raise

considerable opposition in the near future, particularly if the

rule is ever

used to signal out and track legal gun purchases pursuant to gun

control

efforts.

The demographic realities of gun ownership, meanwhile, could

backfire on the

bank itself. Amalgamated Bank is the largest union-owned bank in

the United

States; the RMG Research poll from September, meanwhile, revealed

that more than

half of all union members in the country live in a gun-owning

house.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/democrats-ramp-

gun-control-supermajority-us-think-gun-ownership-good

Democrats are responsible for the largest crime increases in
history.

Unions have no purpose in government. No union should ever be
allowed to exist in any government.

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