Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
From: [j--r--y] at [pwa.acusd.edu] (Jerry Stratton)
Subject: Most voters still oppose gun control
Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 04:21:37 GMT

MOST VOTERS STILL OPPOSE GUN CONTROL
REUTERS
[from San Diego Union Tribune, p. A-10, Friday, May 12, 1995]
WASHINGTON--Three-fourths of U.S. voters believe the Constitution
guarantees them a right to own a gun and 52 percent oppose gun control
to curb crime in the United States, a _U.S. News & World Report_ poll
issued yesterday found.

The poll of 1,000 registered voters conducted May 7-9 showed little
change in attitudes after the Oklahoma City bombing.

The magazine's poll showed a plurality of voters, or 49 percent, viewed
gun owners as friendly to the goals of themselves and their family.

Forty-six percent said they felt the same way about the National Rifle
Association, but those attitudes did not translate into capital for
political candidates.

Only 23 percent of those polled said they would be more likely to vote
for a candidate backed by the NRA, while 36 percent said they were
unsure or that it made no difference.

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Interesting wording of the results, of course. But what do you expect?

Jerry Stratton
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