{"id":46809,"date":"2015-10-22T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=46809"},"modified":"2015-10-22T13:05:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T23:12:37","slug":"gallup-poll-56-percent-say-more-concealed-weapons-would-make-u-s-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gallup-poll-56-percent-say-more-concealed-weapons-would-make-u-s-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallup Poll: 56 Percent Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to be honest, I\u2019m a little shocked it\u2019s not higher. I mean it\u2019s common sense. Encouraging more law-abiding and responsible citizens to carry firearms for self-defense would make the country safer. Then again, the problem with common sense is that it\u2019s not that common.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, I suppose I should introduce the topic before I keep pontificating, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/186263\/majority-say-concealed-weapons-safer.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-poll-56-percent-say-more-concealed-weapons-would-make-u-s-safer\" title=\"Gallup Poll: 56 Percent Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallup poll<\/a> investigating gun ownership and gun laws in this country came to the following conclusions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>56% say more concealed weapons would make country safer<\/li>\n<li>Americans overwhelmingly support universal background checks<\/li>\n<li>Americans split on effect of background-check laws on mass shootings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s correct, a little more than half of the country correctly believes that when one takes responsibility for one\u2019s safety, by exercising one\u2019s right to keep and bear arms, there is an aggregate effect that makes us all safer. To state the obvious, an armed society is a polite society.<\/p>\n<p>It should also be said that that\u2019s how to maximize public safety \u2014 not by removing the individual\u2019s right to protect oneself, but by empowering one to embrace it responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>As for the other findings in the study, well, when the issue of universal background checks is presented at face value of course a majority are going to support it. In theory, I support it. In practice, however, it has the real potential to become a nightmare as it could lead to registration schemes, the criminal prosecution of neighbors who give guns to other neighbors, and de-facto taxation on the transfer of firearms, which is tantamount to taxing the Second Amendment. What this poll tells me is that the vast majority of Americans haven\u2019t really researched or thought seriously about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Background checks don\u2019t stop mass shootings. Just like the thousands of other laws on the books don\u2019t stop mass shootings. The reality is that more often than not mass shooters plan their attacks well in advance and are cognizant of how to circumvent the law when required. They may be crazy, but they\u2019re not stupid. Plus, most do not have a criminal history or a documented mental health history that would prevent them from purchasing a firearm via a gun store. So, yes, when half of the Gallup respondents question the efficacy of background checks as a means to thwart mass shootings, they are indeed correct.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46810\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/myfsuefjyky0m34q00bfxg.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-poll-56-percent-say-more-concealed-weapons-would-make-u-s-safer\" title=\"Gallup Poll: 56 Percent Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46810\" title=\"Gallup Poll: 56 Percent Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/myfsuefjyky0m34q00bfxg.png\" alt=\"Results of the latest Gallup poll.  (Photo: Gallup) \" width=\"444\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/myfsuefjyky0m34q00bfxg.png 444w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/myfsuefjyky0m34q00bfxg-76x150.png 76w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/myfsuefjyky0m34q00bfxg-151x300.png 151w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Results of the latest Gallup poll. (Photo: Gallup)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGallup&#8217;s most recent poll on gun control shows that a majority of Americans favor stricter gun sale laws in this country. At the same time, however, less than half of Americans believe that one such stricter law &#8212; universal background checks &#8212; would prevent mass shootings,\u201d wrote Frank Newport, director of the Gallup Poll. In fact, a majority say that if more Americans carried concealed weapons after passing background checks and training, the nation would be safer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrevious research shows that three in four Americans are opposed to banning handguns, and Americans in the past have overwhelmingly interpreted the Second Amendment as giving Americans the rights to own guns,\u201d Newport continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this research supports the conclusion that Americans believe they should be allowed to own and carry guns, but with more stringent background checks. Americans are inclined to believe that carrying properly permitted guns could make the country safer,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it. \u00a0What are your thoughts on this recent poll? \u00a0Do you see it as good news or bad news for the health and well-being of the gun community?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPrevious research shows that three in four Americans are opposed to banning handguns, and Americans in the past have overwhelmingly interpreted the Second Amendment as giving Americans the rights to own guns,\u201d says Gallup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":41523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,216,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gallup Poll: 56 Percent Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gallup poll shows that more than half of the country believes that concealed carry makes us safer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gallup-poll-56-percent-say-more-concealed-weapons-would-make-u-s-safer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gallup Poll: 56 Percent Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cPrevious research shows that three in four Americans are opposed to banning handguns, and Americans in the past have overwhelmingly interpreted the Second Amendment as giving Americans the rights to own guns,\u201d says Gallup.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gallup-poll-56-percent-say-more-concealed-weapons-would-make-u-s-safer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-22T17:05:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T23:12:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Utah-Yanks-Concealed-Carry-Permits.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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