Is channel 8 actually going to publish the results of this poll. Or are you going to follow the standard MSM of saying it's too close to call. Or not publish at all?
JOE - 9 years ago
The second amendment is in place to insure that if an ISIS type threat takes hold here Americans are NOT helpless Christian refuges lined up to have their heads severed from their bodies - we have effective firearms to fight and WIN against such a threat -as in "NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE". When government "Nazi type gestapo troops" come to load Americans into boxcars - There will be a "RIFLE BEHIND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS" (WITH A STANDARD CAPACITY MAGAZINE) A limited sporting arm that a politician feels "comfortable allowing" doesn't work - the second amendment is effectively repealed!
The second amendment is a right to power. What progressive socialists like Obama call "reasonable" and "common sense" - is turning a citizenry that is a deterrent to tyranny into a citizenry that, though "allowed" to possess limited arms for sporting purposes and limited self defense, NOW POSSESSES NO CAPABILITY AT ALL TO RESIST TOTALITARIAN AGGRESSION!!!
It changes everything - topples the balance of power from a free people "with recourse" to a controlled people dominated by a powerful ruling government. It EFFECTIVELY REPEALS THE SECOND AMENDMENT! The second amendment is transformed into foolish words to fool fools!
Here's what "reasonable" "common sense" gun control did to Australia:
Joe Faso
Australian Gun Law Update
Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts....
From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real
figures from Down Under.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to
surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own
government, a program costing Australia taxpayers
more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria.....
lone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note that
while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not
and criminals still possess their guns!)
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public
safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns....' You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.
The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the
hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note Americans, before it's too late!
Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in?
WHY? You will need it.
FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST.
DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.
BE ONE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WON 'T STAND FOR NONSENSE
AUSTRALIA: MORE VIOLENT CRIME DESPITE GUN BAN
JOE - 9 years ago
Screw you and your gun control and your gun control polls - We are not giving up our ability to secure our freedom and safety EFFECTIVELY through owning CAPABLE FIREARMS - any more than Obama and Bloomberg are willing to give up their armed security! We have a constitutional right that we are not giving up - NOR ARE WE SURRENDERING IT TO RE-INTERPRETATION. If 70% of Americans voted to ban Muslims from practicing Islam within our borders - CAN'T DO IT - THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION - IT'S NOT UP FOR A POPULAR VOTE. If 70% of Americans voted to re-segregate schools - CAN'T DO IT - CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EQUALITY.
YOUR POLLS SEEM TO INSINUATE THAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS UNINFRINGED IS UP TO POPULAR OPINION AND THE DESIRE OF POTENTIAL TYRANTS - IT'S NOT!
(And judging by the results of your poll, Americans seem to be aware of that fact! They seem to be saying SCREW YOU AND YOUR POLL THAT INSINUATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS UNINFRINGED IS UP TO POPULAR OPINION AND THE DESIRE OF POTENTIAL TYRANTS - IT'S NOT!
L.A. Burnham - 9 years ago
It doesn't matter to this government what the majority of people want, or how they feel. They are going to push their own agenda through to get what "they" want. They want an unarmed, uneducated, dumbed down population that can be controlled!
There already are a large number of tree hugging, bleeding heart liberals out there that believe every word this current regime puts out!
Savage - 9 years ago
Guess you got your answer. Stop trying.
B C - 9 years ago
Funny how people are all up-in-arms about this shooting when people are getting slaughtered on a daily basis in the President's home town of Chicago. So far this year, there has been 2,349 shootings in Chicago alone. Yet, Chicago has some of the nation's strictest gun laws. How can this be, you ask. Simple, criminals, by definition, don't obey the law.You will never be able to legislate hate and bloodlust out of someone's heart. The whole premise of this poll is illogical and untrue. Look how the author assumes that none of this would have happened if high capacity magazines were banned, or assault rifles. He says; "Since taking office seven years ago, the president has sought changes in the nation’s gun laws – such as expanded background checks, stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban – which would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon." Really, that would have prevented it? Hardly. I guess we all should give up our means of protection and cling to the hopes that the government will protect us all and eradicate all the criminal acts. Just look how well they have done with, meth, heroin, etc.. Those results speak for themselves. Don't be fooled into allowing reactionary, "feel good" measures.
MIKE - 9 years ago
you got your answer and it looks to me like an undeniable HELL NO....YOU FUCKING CRAZY PEOPLE THAT TRY TO INFRINGE NOT ONLY ON CONSTITUTION, WHICH IT BOGGLES MY MIND WHAT YOU DUMBFUCKS DONT UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHERE IT SAYS IN THE 2ND AMENDMENT ....SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED...PERIOD BUT GOD GIVEN RIGHTS THAT ARE NOT THE GOVERNMENTS TO DICTATE....WE HAVE GIVEN AND ALLOWED TOO MUCH INFRINGEMENT ALREADY, EITHER LIVE WITH IT OR PACK YOUR BAGS AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY ANYMORE OF THIS HORSE SHIT IS GONNA END IN BLOOD!!!!
William Hess - 9 years ago
Some where a liberal is being raked over the coals for this poll. The belief of the public isn't important to these types and the media, so bet some flunky gets fired. The Democratic Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda can't stand the citizens disagreeing with Obama, Hillary and their ilk. And if you fail to understand the reference then read your history and remember those who forget it are doomed to repeat it.
Tougher gun laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
A felon can not have a firearm. Already a crime
Universal background checks.
All firearms sold by an FFL must do a background check. Already law.
Make private sales use a background check.
It is a crime to give or sell a firearm to a felon. While not demanded by law, it is still up to the seller to ensure the buyer is not a felon. Already a law.
Stiffer penalties for those who go on a mass shooting.
It’s already a very serious crime to murder people. How can we make it stricter?
Death penalty for those who go on a mass shooting.
These people already have their mind set that they will kill as many people as possible before being killed themselves. Threat of death isn’t going to change their minds.
Enforce the gun free zone.
How do you suggest we do this? A tall fence? Metal detectors? Armed guards?
Confiscate the guns.
Do you really think this is a good idea?
Make a law requiring every gun owner be trained.
How do you suggest we train the criminals?
Make it a law that gun owners get insurance.
How do you suggest we get criminals to get insurance.
Make it law that all gun owners have a license that they must renew every year.
How do you suggest we get criminals to get this license.
Make it a crime to have a gun without a license, training, or insurance.
Already a crime for a felon to have a gun.
But we need stricter laws.
No, we don’t. We have laws in place that define the crime of murder, robbery, and assault. If these laws have no effect on the actions of a criminal, what makes you think more laws will help? The only people that are affected by more laws are the people inclined to obey them. In addition to that, the more laws you have in place dealing with the same thing offers lawyers more chances to get their client off on a loophole.
Your demands for more laws to make us safer actually has the exact opposite effect.
TMBackstrom - 9 years ago
Too bad the media will report results like this poll as "Too close to call." or even flat out lie, and say that a majority of Americans support the President. This nation is no longer a nation of laws where personal responsibility meant something, but a nation of socialist agenda items and federal entitlement programs used to buy votes.
David - 9 years ago
The psychos who commit these mass shootings don't follow existing laws. What makes the libtards think they will follow stricter laws?
How about outlawing "Gun-Free Zones"? Seems to me the only places these shooting happen is in these "Gun -Free Zones".
Don't legislate the law abiding into being victims. Legislate the predators into being targets.
Keith - 9 years ago
How can you say an assault weapon ban would have prevented the Oregon shooting? When there was a standing assault weapon ban, we had more assault weapon murders than without a law.
Tom Moss - 9 years ago
SOMEDAY,you people ARE going to get it---IT IS A HEART PROBLEM,NOT A GUN PROBLEM!!!!! Your statement about COMRADE OBUMMER IS BULL!!!!
david nason - 9 years ago
He bought all his guns legal so how can anyone in their RIGHT MIND say a stricter law would have stopped it? Since the president and his democratic knuckle head followers believe taking guns away from honest law biding citizens then, he needs to disband the secret service and take away their guns and when something happens where ever he is then can DIAL 911. And while we are at it we need to take away ALL GUNS from EVERY Police Dept. since GUNS are killing people! STOP THE IDIOCY AND START PUNISHING THOSE THAT are COMMITTING CRIMES SO THAT THEY AND OTHERS THINKING ABOUT COMITTING A CRIME KNOW THEY WILL REGRET IT, IF THEY LIVE THROUGH IT. GATED COMMUNITIES ARE NOT PUNISHMENT. Again if we do not need to protect ourselves than neither does he or any other politician with guards. Equality treatment right?????
Tom Hood - 9 years ago
I Hope the next Idiot In office will pass a law to help protect ourselves and others. The only way to stop some of this, if not all of this madness is carry concealed or open !!! at least then there would be a chance .
Frank - 9 years ago
I think we should try to make street drugs illegal and see how that works out!
Hulan Garrett - 9 years ago
Taking guns from law abiding citizens does nothing to stop any crime ! Look AT THE CRIME IN NEW YORK and CALIFORNIA their stricter laws have done nothing to stop any crimes ! Its also the dumbest thing i ever heard of to not have military carrying at all times these people are not fools they are trying to disarm us for a reason you figure it out before its to late ,
Curt Childress - 9 years ago
The incredible bias of the author is surpassed only by his lack of information. You have the gall to call yourself a journalist? Does ANYONE there have the intestinal fortitude to write ANOTHER story- tomorrow- that shows the results of your poll, the false statements in your (brief) story, and just how far out of touch the media is with the population- and reality? Drivel like this does nothing except reinforce that the media is less trustworthy than an internet scam artist.
Joe bennett - 9 years ago
Over 90% of American's oppose any new gun law's we actually want less..so stop reporting that the majority wants more gun laws it's a flat out lie to try and sway vote's for your agenda!!!!
Michael Hill - 9 years ago
Deal with the issue of mental health . Get rid of "Gun Free Zones" It is very apparent that is where these mentally ill people are going .
Tango - 9 years ago
In at least two of the highest profile mass shooting events - Columbine and Virginia Tech - the shooters used multiple 10 round magazines to effect their evil.
Please - lie to us some more about how "common sense" your agenda is.
Tom - 9 years ago
Now ask if I would support help with the mental health issues....
Paul Michaelis - 9 years ago
Let's understand this, the "Security Guard" was weaponless, the police were called and 7 minutes later they showed up. For 7 minutes the college was a free-fire zone for the assassin; limit magazine capacity- takes less than 5 seconds to change magazines, he had 420 seconds.; let's eliminate "assault rifles", he carried 3 hand guns; let's confiscate all guns, prohibition confiscated alcohol so a illegal liquor industry was set up and we ended up with a Kennedy clan in politics, thanks Joe Kennedy. Get real people, the problem is that our renowned medical establishment hasn't solved how to identify people who are going to massacre so let's blame the tools they use...........
Pro 2nd - 9 years ago
Disarming a nation leads to only criminals with the means to protect themselves, Gun free zones are killing fields, and the only to stop these killings is to have the immediate means to neutralize the threat - not wait for a cop who is minutes away! The immediate response by an armed citizen is the ONLY response.
It has been proven that criminals do not obey laws, disarming law abiding citizens gives criminals free rein!!!
Chris - 9 years ago
"stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban – which would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon" You mean like how strict anti-drug laws have prevented drug use, how prohibition prevented alcohol use, drunk driving laws have eliminated DUIs, like how no abortions or homosexual acts occurred when those were illegal? In what universe is it a given that banning something means no one will ever get it again and using it for nefarious purposes?
Jp - 9 years ago
The liberal media would have us think guns are the problem. Well done my fellow patriots who support our constitution.
miKE - 9 years ago
ALL GUN LAWS ARE NULL AND VOID FROM CONCEPTION ITS ONLY THROUGH IGNORANCE THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DO ANY OF THIS OR ENFORCE ANY OF THESE BOGUS LAWS THEY GO AGAINST THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT LAWS ARE BASED 2ND AMENDMENT IS MY GUN PERMIT....PERIOD LINE IN THE SAND HAS BEEN DRAWN ANY KIND OF IDEAS OF CONFISCATION WILL GET MANY KILLED!!!!!!
Gordon - 9 years ago
News flash....... Criminals don't follow laws! How about you just report the news giving all the facts, not just the ones that suit your agenda. We will form our own opinions from all the facts. How many mass shootings occur in police stations, firing ranges, gun stores, hunting clubs? There are a few crazy people scattered in those places as well but not crazy enough to unload there. Why would you with so many "gun free zones"! Interesting that many of the people calling for more laws often keep people at bay with a "wall" and several well armed men.?
David - 9 years ago
As a Richmond area resident I'd like to see balanced and unbiased reporting in my local media. As you can see your opinions are far from the majority. Try some open thinking and stop assuming you know better.
Glenn - 9 years ago
An armed society is necessarily a polite society!
Billy - 9 years ago
No Gun Safe Zone supporters are the reason why those children die. A sign or a cop 5 minutes away will not stop a shooter from killing. Your poll should ask: Do you want a cop who is only minutes away or Do you want a good person with a gun who is only seconds away to protect your children. People who are for gun control are for criminals who kill people with guns.
Dan - 9 years ago
When are we going to wake up? More gun laws is not the answer! Restricting people's rights is not the answer! Criminals are criminals in they don't follow laws! They don't follow gun free zones! They don't follow weapons bans! Ask yourself this question, if I'm locked in a room with a man with a gun, "In a gun free zone", that has the intent to kill me,how am I going to defend myself if I don't have a gun? Because I followed the law I'm dead..... Let's also ask the question about how criminals get guns..... BY ANY MEANS THEY CAN. More laws only make it harder for law abiding citizens to get them. Just like the woman in NJ who applied for her permit and was killed in the waiting period. Because of the length of time it took her to get her permit she's dead!
Do we have a issue with shootings in this country? Yes we do, but we need to stop Glorifying these assholes! And let's look where they happen a majority of the time..... GUN FREE ZONES!!
Let's look at Chicago.... One big gun free zone. Strictest toughest gun laws in the country! Are they working? Not so much hey. Do gun laws work? NO!
steven - 9 years ago
Guess this poll isn't going the way you hoped? Liberal democrat news media.
Bernie - 9 years ago
I voted no of course. But I am angry you did not give another option I prefer: repeal all existing federal, state, and local "gun control laws." The present restrictions have to go. Everyone has the right to have any weapons they want everywhere.
karl - 9 years ago
i think everyone that can carry a gun should every day
Earnie Mendenhall - 9 years ago
Gun free zones are the problem! Ban the gun free zones now!
JeffCG - 9 years ago
Restrictive gun laws just create more potential unarmed victims. There are far to many gun laws now. Killers are attracted to gun free zones. They need to be eliminated. We need nationwide concealed carry to prevent these tragedies in the future.
Nope. Absolutely NONE of that would have changed this. You want to stop massacres? Two words: Shoot back.
bob smyth - 9 years ago
Whew! Glad to know that all we needed to do was make "assault weapons" illegal and that would have stopped the Oregon shooter in which he used a number of handguns! Oh, also, glad to hear that it's now possible to divide by zero!
Jason - 9 years ago
I notice that the article says Obama has traveled all over the country to a bunch of major cities. That list, for some reason, is missing CHICAGO. Why do you think that is?
Tim - 9 years ago
Note the statement by the writer in this article "assult weapons ban and magazine limitations would have prevented the oregon shooting".... How does he figure that ? Seems like a foolish statement to me.
Richmond guy - 9 years ago
Im so proud of 90 percent of these voters understanding that these murders take place with illegal guns not law abiding citizens who need to protect the innocent ones from monsters. No one and i mean no one would disagree if they were standing in an elementary school ready to protect children . How many lives would be saves if more people were prepared for these terrorists when they show up? If you think laws will change them showing up at your door step you are sadly mistaken and need to think hard about your own children ,grand children, and other innocent lives at risk.
Dale - 9 years ago
We don't need more gun laws,we just need to enforce the ones we have. Not one of these shootings would have been stopped with any law. If someone wants to cause harm, they will do it no matter what laws we have. You see criminals don't care about laws.
Robert - 9 years ago
The article is woefully misleading "... expanded background checks, stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban... would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon." The shooter, who specifically targeted Christians purchased his guns legally. What stricter gun law could have possibly identified his intent to conduct Jihad on American soil? What law could have stopped this or any attack?
Alan - 9 years ago
We have enough gun laws on the books. We don't need to add more. We need to stop gun free zones. If the people in that class room were armed the story would have been much different. If you look at the last few lone gunman attacks they were all done I a gun free zone.
Kennedy - 9 years ago
Why do we need "stronger" gun laws? Why can't we make "stronger" murder laws? That seems to be the problem! The murder laws aren't strong enough
Is channel 8 actually going to publish the results of this poll. Or are you going to follow the standard MSM of saying it's too close to call. Or not publish at all?
The second amendment is in place to insure that if an ISIS type threat takes hold here Americans are NOT helpless Christian refuges lined up to have their heads severed from their bodies - we have effective firearms to fight and WIN against such a threat -as in "NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE". When government "Nazi type gestapo troops" come to load Americans into boxcars - There will be a "RIFLE BEHIND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS" (WITH A STANDARD CAPACITY MAGAZINE) A limited sporting arm that a politician feels "comfortable allowing" doesn't work - the second amendment is effectively repealed!
The second amendment is a right to power. What progressive socialists like Obama call "reasonable" and "common sense" - is turning a citizenry that is a deterrent to tyranny into a citizenry that, though "allowed" to possess limited arms for sporting purposes and limited self defense, NOW POSSESSES NO CAPABILITY AT ALL TO RESIST TOTALITARIAN AGGRESSION!!!
It changes everything - topples the balance of power from a free people "with recourse" to a controlled people dominated by a powerful ruling government. It EFFECTIVELY REPEALS THE SECOND AMENDMENT! The second amendment is transformed into foolish words to fool fools!
Here's what "reasonable" "common sense" gun control did to Australia:
Joe Faso
Australian Gun Law Update
Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts....
From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real
figures from Down Under.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to
surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own
government, a program costing Australia taxpayers
more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria.....
lone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note that
while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not
and criminals still possess their guns!)
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public
safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns....' You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.
The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the
hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note Americans, before it's too late!
Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in?
WHY? You will need it.
FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST.
DON'T BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.
BE ONE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WON 'T STAND FOR NONSENSE
AUSTRALIA: MORE VIOLENT CRIME DESPITE GUN BAN
Screw you and your gun control and your gun control polls - We are not giving up our ability to secure our freedom and safety EFFECTIVELY through owning CAPABLE FIREARMS - any more than Obama and Bloomberg are willing to give up their armed security! We have a constitutional right that we are not giving up - NOR ARE WE SURRENDERING IT TO RE-INTERPRETATION. If 70% of Americans voted to ban Muslims from practicing Islam within our borders - CAN'T DO IT - THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION - IT'S NOT UP FOR A POPULAR VOTE. If 70% of Americans voted to re-segregate schools - CAN'T DO IT - CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EQUALITY.
YOUR POLLS SEEM TO INSINUATE THAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS UNINFRINGED IS UP TO POPULAR OPINION AND THE DESIRE OF POTENTIAL TYRANTS - IT'S NOT!
(And judging by the results of your poll, Americans seem to be aware of that fact! They seem to be saying SCREW YOU AND YOUR POLL THAT INSINUATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS UNINFRINGED IS UP TO POPULAR OPINION AND THE DESIRE OF POTENTIAL TYRANTS - IT'S NOT!
It doesn't matter to this government what the majority of people want, or how they feel. They are going to push their own agenda through to get what "they" want. They want an unarmed, uneducated, dumbed down population that can be controlled!
There already are a large number of tree hugging, bleeding heart liberals out there that believe every word this current regime puts out!
Guess you got your answer. Stop trying.
Funny how people are all up-in-arms about this shooting when people are getting slaughtered on a daily basis in the President's home town of Chicago. So far this year, there has been 2,349 shootings in Chicago alone. Yet, Chicago has some of the nation's strictest gun laws. How can this be, you ask. Simple, criminals, by definition, don't obey the law.You will never be able to legislate hate and bloodlust out of someone's heart. The whole premise of this poll is illogical and untrue. Look how the author assumes that none of this would have happened if high capacity magazines were banned, or assault rifles. He says; "Since taking office seven years ago, the president has sought changes in the nation’s gun laws – such as expanded background checks, stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban – which would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon." Really, that would have prevented it? Hardly. I guess we all should give up our means of protection and cling to the hopes that the government will protect us all and eradicate all the criminal acts. Just look how well they have done with, meth, heroin, etc.. Those results speak for themselves. Don't be fooled into allowing reactionary, "feel good" measures.
you got your answer and it looks to me like an undeniable HELL NO....YOU FUCKING CRAZY PEOPLE THAT TRY TO INFRINGE NOT ONLY ON CONSTITUTION, WHICH IT BOGGLES MY MIND WHAT YOU DUMBFUCKS DONT UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHERE IT SAYS IN THE 2ND AMENDMENT ....SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED...PERIOD BUT GOD GIVEN RIGHTS THAT ARE NOT THE GOVERNMENTS TO DICTATE....WE HAVE GIVEN AND ALLOWED TOO MUCH INFRINGEMENT ALREADY, EITHER LIVE WITH IT OR PACK YOUR BAGS AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY ANYMORE OF THIS HORSE SHIT IS GONNA END IN BLOOD!!!!
Some where a liberal is being raked over the coals for this poll. The belief of the public isn't important to these types and the media, so bet some flunky gets fired. The Democratic Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda can't stand the citizens disagreeing with Obama, Hillary and their ilk. And if you fail to understand the reference then read your history and remember those who forget it are doomed to repeat it.
Tougher gun laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
A felon can not have a firearm. Already a crime
Universal background checks.
All firearms sold by an FFL must do a background check. Already law.
Make private sales use a background check.
It is a crime to give or sell a firearm to a felon. While not demanded by law, it is still up to the seller to ensure the buyer is not a felon. Already a law.
Stiffer penalties for those who go on a mass shooting.
It’s already a very serious crime to murder people. How can we make it stricter?
Death penalty for those who go on a mass shooting.
These people already have their mind set that they will kill as many people as possible before being killed themselves. Threat of death isn’t going to change their minds.
Enforce the gun free zone.
How do you suggest we do this? A tall fence? Metal detectors? Armed guards?
Confiscate the guns.
Do you really think this is a good idea?
Make a law requiring every gun owner be trained.
How do you suggest we train the criminals?
Make it a law that gun owners get insurance.
How do you suggest we get criminals to get insurance.
Make it law that all gun owners have a license that they must renew every year.
How do you suggest we get criminals to get this license.
Make it a crime to have a gun without a license, training, or insurance.
Already a crime for a felon to have a gun.
But we need stricter laws.
No, we don’t. We have laws in place that define the crime of murder, robbery, and assault. If these laws have no effect on the actions of a criminal, what makes you think more laws will help? The only people that are affected by more laws are the people inclined to obey them. In addition to that, the more laws you have in place dealing with the same thing offers lawyers more chances to get their client off on a loophole.
Your demands for more laws to make us safer actually has the exact opposite effect.
Too bad the media will report results like this poll as "Too close to call." or even flat out lie, and say that a majority of Americans support the President. This nation is no longer a nation of laws where personal responsibility meant something, but a nation of socialist agenda items and federal entitlement programs used to buy votes.
The psychos who commit these mass shootings don't follow existing laws. What makes the libtards think they will follow stricter laws?
How about outlawing "Gun-Free Zones"? Seems to me the only places these shooting happen is in these "Gun -Free Zones".
Don't legislate the law abiding into being victims. Legislate the predators into being targets.
How can you say an assault weapon ban would have prevented the Oregon shooting? When there was a standing assault weapon ban, we had more assault weapon murders than without a law.
SOMEDAY,you people ARE going to get it---IT IS A HEART PROBLEM,NOT A GUN PROBLEM!!!!! Your statement about COMRADE OBUMMER IS BULL!!!!
He bought all his guns legal so how can anyone in their RIGHT MIND say a stricter law would have stopped it? Since the president and his democratic knuckle head followers believe taking guns away from honest law biding citizens then, he needs to disband the secret service and take away their guns and when something happens where ever he is then can DIAL 911. And while we are at it we need to take away ALL GUNS from EVERY Police Dept. since GUNS are killing people! STOP THE IDIOCY AND START PUNISHING THOSE THAT are COMMITTING CRIMES SO THAT THEY AND OTHERS THINKING ABOUT COMITTING A CRIME KNOW THEY WILL REGRET IT, IF THEY LIVE THROUGH IT. GATED COMMUNITIES ARE NOT PUNISHMENT. Again if we do not need to protect ourselves than neither does he or any other politician with guards. Equality treatment right?????
I Hope the next Idiot In office will pass a law to help protect ourselves and others. The only way to stop some of this, if not all of this madness is carry concealed or open !!! at least then there would be a chance .
I think we should try to make street drugs illegal and see how that works out!
Taking guns from law abiding citizens does nothing to stop any crime ! Look AT THE CRIME IN NEW YORK and CALIFORNIA their stricter laws have done nothing to stop any crimes ! Its also the dumbest thing i ever heard of to not have military carrying at all times these people are not fools they are trying to disarm us for a reason you figure it out before its to late ,
The incredible bias of the author is surpassed only by his lack of information. You have the gall to call yourself a journalist? Does ANYONE there have the intestinal fortitude to write ANOTHER story- tomorrow- that shows the results of your poll, the false statements in your (brief) story, and just how far out of touch the media is with the population- and reality? Drivel like this does nothing except reinforce that the media is less trustworthy than an internet scam artist.
Over 90% of American's oppose any new gun law's we actually want less..so stop reporting that the majority wants more gun laws it's a flat out lie to try and sway vote's for your agenda!!!!
Deal with the issue of mental health . Get rid of "Gun Free Zones" It is very apparent that is where these mentally ill people are going .
In at least two of the highest profile mass shooting events - Columbine and Virginia Tech - the shooters used multiple 10 round magazines to effect their evil.
Please - lie to us some more about how "common sense" your agenda is.
Now ask if I would support help with the mental health issues....
Let's understand this, the "Security Guard" was weaponless, the police were called and 7 minutes later they showed up. For 7 minutes the college was a free-fire zone for the assassin; limit magazine capacity- takes less than 5 seconds to change magazines, he had 420 seconds.; let's eliminate "assault rifles", he carried 3 hand guns; let's confiscate all guns, prohibition confiscated alcohol so a illegal liquor industry was set up and we ended up with a Kennedy clan in politics, thanks Joe Kennedy. Get real people, the problem is that our renowned medical establishment hasn't solved how to identify people who are going to massacre so let's blame the tools they use...........
Disarming a nation leads to only criminals with the means to protect themselves, Gun free zones are killing fields, and the only to stop these killings is to have the immediate means to neutralize the threat - not wait for a cop who is minutes away! The immediate response by an armed citizen is the ONLY response.
It has been proven that criminals do not obey laws, disarming law abiding citizens gives criminals free rein!!!
"stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban – which would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon" You mean like how strict anti-drug laws have prevented drug use, how prohibition prevented alcohol use, drunk driving laws have eliminated DUIs, like how no abortions or homosexual acts occurred when those were illegal? In what universe is it a given that banning something means no one will ever get it again and using it for nefarious purposes?
The liberal media would have us think guns are the problem. Well done my fellow patriots who support our constitution.
ALL GUN LAWS ARE NULL AND VOID FROM CONCEPTION ITS ONLY THROUGH IGNORANCE THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DO ANY OF THIS OR ENFORCE ANY OF THESE BOGUS LAWS THEY GO AGAINST THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT LAWS ARE BASED 2ND AMENDMENT IS MY GUN PERMIT....PERIOD LINE IN THE SAND HAS BEEN DRAWN ANY KIND OF IDEAS OF CONFISCATION WILL GET MANY KILLED!!!!!!
News flash....... Criminals don't follow laws! How about you just report the news giving all the facts, not just the ones that suit your agenda. We will form our own opinions from all the facts. How many mass shootings occur in police stations, firing ranges, gun stores, hunting clubs? There are a few crazy people scattered in those places as well but not crazy enough to unload there. Why would you with so many "gun free zones"! Interesting that many of the people calling for more laws often keep people at bay with a "wall" and several well armed men.?
As a Richmond area resident I'd like to see balanced and unbiased reporting in my local media. As you can see your opinions are far from the majority. Try some open thinking and stop assuming you know better.
An armed society is necessarily a polite society!
No Gun Safe Zone supporters are the reason why those children die. A sign or a cop 5 minutes away will not stop a shooter from killing. Your poll should ask: Do you want a cop who is only minutes away or Do you want a good person with a gun who is only seconds away to protect your children. People who are for gun control are for criminals who kill people with guns.
When are we going to wake up? More gun laws is not the answer! Restricting people's rights is not the answer! Criminals are criminals in they don't follow laws! They don't follow gun free zones! They don't follow weapons bans! Ask yourself this question, if I'm locked in a room with a man with a gun, "In a gun free zone", that has the intent to kill me,how am I going to defend myself if I don't have a gun? Because I followed the law I'm dead..... Let's also ask the question about how criminals get guns..... BY ANY MEANS THEY CAN. More laws only make it harder for law abiding citizens to get them. Just like the woman in NJ who applied for her permit and was killed in the waiting period. Because of the length of time it took her to get her permit she's dead!
Do we have a issue with shootings in this country? Yes we do, but we need to stop Glorifying these assholes! And let's look where they happen a majority of the time..... GUN FREE ZONES!!
Let's look at Chicago.... One big gun free zone. Strictest toughest gun laws in the country! Are they working? Not so much hey. Do gun laws work? NO!
Guess this poll isn't going the way you hoped? Liberal democrat news media.
I voted no of course. But I am angry you did not give another option I prefer: repeal all existing federal, state, and local "gun control laws." The present restrictions have to go. Everyone has the right to have any weapons they want everywhere.
i think everyone that can carry a gun should every day
Gun free zones are the problem! Ban the gun free zones now!
Restrictive gun laws just create more potential unarmed victims. There are far to many gun laws now. Killers are attracted to gun free zones. They need to be eliminated. We need nationwide concealed carry to prevent these tragedies in the future.
"... Would have prevented the Oregon massacre..."
Nope. Absolutely NONE of that would have changed this. You want to stop massacres? Two words: Shoot back.
Whew! Glad to know that all we needed to do was make "assault weapons" illegal and that would have stopped the Oregon shooter in which he used a number of handguns! Oh, also, glad to hear that it's now possible to divide by zero!
I notice that the article says Obama has traveled all over the country to a bunch of major cities. That list, for some reason, is missing CHICAGO. Why do you think that is?
Note the statement by the writer in this article "assult weapons ban and magazine limitations would have prevented the oregon shooting".... How does he figure that ? Seems like a foolish statement to me.
Im so proud of 90 percent of these voters understanding that these murders take place with illegal guns not law abiding citizens who need to protect the innocent ones from monsters. No one and i mean no one would disagree if they were standing in an elementary school ready to protect children . How many lives would be saves if more people were prepared for these terrorists when they show up? If you think laws will change them showing up at your door step you are sadly mistaken and need to think hard about your own children ,grand children, and other innocent lives at risk.
We don't need more gun laws,we just need to enforce the ones we have. Not one of these shootings would have been stopped with any law. If someone wants to cause harm, they will do it no matter what laws we have. You see criminals don't care about laws.
The article is woefully misleading "... expanded background checks, stricter magazine limits and an assault weapons ban... would have prevented the recent massacre in Oregon." The shooter, who specifically targeted Christians purchased his guns legally. What stricter gun law could have possibly identified his intent to conduct Jihad on American soil? What law could have stopped this or any attack?
We have enough gun laws on the books. We don't need to add more. We need to stop gun free zones. If the people in that class room were armed the story would have been much different. If you look at the last few lone gunman attacks they were all done I a gun free zone.
Why do we need "stronger" gun laws? Why can't we make "stronger" murder laws? That seems to be the problem! The murder laws aren't strong enough