{"id":117500,"date":"2019-10-23T12:08:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=117500"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:02:45","slug":"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"695\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EverytownforGunSafetyRecessRally.jpg\" alt=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" class=\"wp-image-117507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EverytownforGunSafetyRecessRally.jpg 939w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EverytownforGunSafetyRecessRally-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EverytownforGunSafetyRecessRally-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EverytownforGunSafetyRecessRally-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: Everytown For Gun Safety\/FB<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More Americans support stricter gun laws today than they did only a few years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/10\/16\/share-of-americans-who-favor-stricter-gun-laws-has-increased-since-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\">Pew Research Center reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_A-majority-Americans-say-gun-laws-more-strict_2.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"896\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_A-majority-Americans-say-gun-laws-more-strict_2.png\" alt=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" class=\"wp-image-117502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_A-majority-Americans-say-gun-laws-more-strict_2.png 620w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_A-majority-Americans-say-gun-laws-more-strict_2-104x150.png 104w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_A-majority-Americans-say-gun-laws-more-strict_2-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(<em>Photo: Pew Research Center<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nonpartisan think tank conducted a survey in September finding that the number of respondents who support banning \u201chigh capacity magazines\u201d has increased from 65 percent in 2017 to 71 percent in 2019. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the subject of banning \u201cassault-style weapons,\u201d there was a more modest uptick from 68 percent in 2017 to 69 percent in 2019. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_1.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"860\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_1.png\" alt=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" class=\"wp-image-117504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_1.png 840w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_1-147x150.png 147w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_1-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_1-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(<em>Photo: Pew Research Center<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, on the question of whether gun laws should be made more strict, less strict or stay the same, 60 percent of Americans said more strict, 11 percent said less strict and 28 percent said they were about right compared to two years ago when those percentages were 52, 30 and 18 respectively. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_Sizable-gender-education-differences-support-stricter-gun-laws_2.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_Sizable-gender-education-differences-support-stricter-gun-laws_2-789x1024.png\" alt=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" class=\"wp-image-117505\" 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Center<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What shall we make of all this? \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably not much as it\u2019s a small sample size.&nbsp; Pew does have graphs and charts that examine these questions over a much longer time span.&nbsp; And what you tend to see is that these percentages ebb and flow over the years. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good example is on the question of whether it is more important to \u201ccontrol gun ownership\u201d or \u201cprotect the right of Americans to own guns.\u201d\u00a0 On this, Pew has charted the trend lines going back roughly two decades in their latest press release, as you\u2019ll see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2-1024x715.png\" alt=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" class=\"wp-image-117503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2-400x279.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2-768x536.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.08_GunUpdate_2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(<em>Photo: Pew Research Center<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, while this latest polling data shouldn\u2019t put one\u2019s panties in a bunch, it does behoove 2A supporters to monitor public sentiment on gun control.\u00a0 It reminds us that our work, our efforts to win hearts and minds, is never done. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FT_19.10.16_GunLaws_Both-parties-more-support-ban-high-capacity-ammunition-magazines-than-two-years-ago.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pew-research-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-grows\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"759\" title=\"Pew Research: Support for Stricter Gun Laws Grows\" 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