{"id":99375,"date":"2018-10-23T11:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=99375"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:13:28","slug":"gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for the anti-gun lobby. A majority of Americans oppose banning semiautomatic firearms \u201cknown as assault rifles,\u201d according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/243860\/snapshot-majority-oppose-ban-assault-rifles.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=syndication\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\">Gallup poll<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0(Yes, we know, Gallup&#8217;s wording is incorrect.\u00a0 &#8220;Assault rifles&#8221; are full auto and already regulated by the NFA.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_99377\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/za5iowqnnesk0dxlzejsxg.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99377\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" class=\"wp-image-99377 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/za5iowqnnesk0dxlzejsxg.png\" alt=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" width=\"720\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/za5iowqnnesk0dxlzejsxg.png 720w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/za5iowqnnesk0dxlzejsxg-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/za5iowqnnesk0dxlzejsxg-400x214.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-99377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: Gallup<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Findings for the survey conducted Oct. 1-10 indicate that 57 percent of Americans oppose prohibiting ownership of modern sporting rifles while only 40 percent support banning them.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, in the aftermath of the mass killing at a\u00a0country music festival in Las Vegas, the percentage favoring a ban was 48, suggesting that high-profile attacks have a tendency to inflate the numbers.\u00a0 But as time goes by, emotions cool, and reason and common sense prevail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%,\u201d noted Gallup. \u201cThe latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/gallup-support-for-stricter-gun-control-drops\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gallup: Support For Stricter Gun Control Drops<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_99378\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/t4sef4tya02kdq3-jxcaiq.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99378\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" class=\"wp-image-99378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/t4sef4tya02kdq3-jxcaiq.png\" alt=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" width=\"720\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/t4sef4tya02kdq3-jxcaiq.png 720w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/t4sef4tya02kdq3-jxcaiq-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/t4sef4tya02kdq3-jxcaiq-400x214.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-99378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: Gallup<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Breaking down the numbers politically, Democrats are twice as likely to support a ban when compared to Republicans, 56 percent to 25 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans&#8217; current reading ties with 2016 as their lowest. Thirty-eight percent of independents support a ban, continuing the recent trend in which they are more closely aligned with Republicans than with Democrats,\u201d said Gallup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest support for a ban among each party was 50% of Republicans in 1996, 63% of Democrats in 1996, 2000 and 2017, and 63% of independents in 2000,\u201d the pollsters added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_99376\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c65ryqz0nko3t61isz7vmq.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gallup-majority-of-americans-oppose-black-rifle-ban\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99376\" title=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" class=\"wp-image-99376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c65ryqz0nko3t61isz7vmq.png\" alt=\"Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban\" width=\"720\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c65ryqz0nko3t61isz7vmq.png 720w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c65ryqz0nko3t61isz7vmq-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c65ryqz0nko3t61isz7vmq-400x207.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-99376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: Gallup<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, told GunsAmerica via email that these numbers are a product of pro-gun groups spreading the gospel of guns and dispelling the lies and misinformation propagated\u00a0by Bloomberg and co.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese poll results show that despite a hostile media, billionaire-funded ad blitzes and Democrat Gun prohibition politicians we have gotten our pro-rights message out to the public,&#8221; explained Gottlieb. &#8220;Gun rights groups have learned to use social media to educate the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gottlieb also said we may see these poll results manifest in the midterms, as gun-grabbing candidates may learn the hard way that their\u00a0anti-2A stance doesn&#8217;t jibe with voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Gallup poll is an important indicator that gun control is a losing issue in the upcoming critical midterm elections,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%,\u201d noted Gallup. \u201cThe latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":99377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,216,240],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99375","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-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gallup: Majority of Americans Oppose Black Rifle Ban<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A majority of Americans oppose banning black rifles according to a recent Gallup poll. 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