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It's a very unpopular opinion w.r.t. to America. Gallup conducts a firearms poll every year, and the closest thing to a total ban question is a total ban on ha
by viridian 7y ago
It's a very unpopular opinion w.r.t. to America.
Gallup conducts a firearms poll every year, and the closest thing to a total ban question is a total ban on handguns.
"Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons?"
should be: 29
should not be: 70
no opinion: 1
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoIsn't that the law in most (all?) states now in USA, that you need a license to possess a gun legally (ie need to be an authorised person)? This sounds more like, in common with most polls, it shows how the manner of asking a question alters the answers given? I'd be really interested in how the poll would go without "the police and other", and with using a construction based on "allow ..." instead of "ban ...".
- seany 7y ago> Isn't that the law in most (all?) states now in USA, that you need a license to possess a gun legally (ie need to be an authorised person)? Not really. Only a few states have FOID or FID license requirements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_... You might be thinking of license to _carry_ which every state has, though some of have been making progress in removing that requirement as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry
- mythrwy 7y agoYou don't need a license to posses a gun in many (most?) states. You do need a federal background check to purchase a gun from a vendor. And a license to carry a concealed gun. But as far as owning a gun, no license needed in any state I've lived in.
- shadowgovt 7y agoPossibly worth noting that this works for cars as well; you're allowed to own as many cars as you want, and the vehicle license is to operate it on public roads (and the driver's license is to be the operator, again on public roads). The US usually puts the balance point at "own" vs "operate in public" for how rights are structured. There are rare exceptions where even ownership is considered too dangerous.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoSo anyone can have a gun, you just have to get someone else to purchase it? I was under the apparent misapprehension that the license you needed to purchase a gun was an ownership license - ie you got the right to own, then could purchase.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoJust a note - in 16 states, no license or permit of any kind is required to carry a firearm concealed.
- ajross 7y agoYou've cherry picked the most restrictive "total ban" question, though, and used it as a strawman. Here's the actual poll page: https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx I don't think anyone sane would read that page, the questions, and in particular trends, and come to the conclusion that gun regulation is a "very unpopular opinion". But on this site: yes, it's unpopular.
- viridian 7y agoThe parent you replied to was about a total ban. It's not cherry picking to try to match apples to apples.