With passage of time, Americans less keen on gun control
20 March 2013 7:43 AM IST
Three months after the ‘massacre of the innocents’ at an elementary school in Connecticut, public support for major restrictions on guns may be fading, a new national poll suggests.
A majority of Americans favoured major restrictions on guns or an outright ban in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, when a heavily armed gunman killed 20 children and six adults. But that support has tumbled to just 43 percent, as more time has passed since that December tragedy, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey released on Monday
‘Support for stricter gun control has fallen dramatically among two groups, older Americans and people who live in rural areas,’ said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
‘In the immediate aftermath of the shootings in Connecticut, the number of rural Americans who supported major gun restrictions rose to 49 percent but now that support has dropped 22 points. Support for stricter gun laws dropped 16 points among Americans over 50 years old in that same time.’ Among younger Americans, the change is only three points. Overall, 17 percent of all Americans believe there should be no restrictions at all on owning guns.
A majority of Americans favoured major restrictions on guns or an outright ban in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, when a heavily armed gunman killed 20 children and six adults. But that support has tumbled to just 43 percent, as more time has passed since that December tragedy, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey released on Monday
‘Support for stricter gun control has fallen dramatically among two groups, older Americans and people who live in rural areas,’ said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
‘In the immediate aftermath of the shootings in Connecticut, the number of rural Americans who supported major gun restrictions rose to 49 percent but now that support has dropped 22 points. Support for stricter gun laws dropped 16 points among Americans over 50 years old in that same time.’ Among younger Americans, the change is only three points. Overall, 17 percent of all Americans believe there should be no restrictions at all on owning guns.
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