Fox News Poll: Republicans Are Completely Out Of Touch With What Americans Demand To Reduce Gun Violence

Poser alert:
Why is your finger on the trigger !
1. Bolt is clear back and there is no
Magazine.
2. The linked ammo on the stand you are “ shooting” from doesn’t feed into the magazine fed weapon you have.
3. Your stockwell is gonna hurt you when that weapon kickback https://t.co/HBo4tImu7S

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) April 29, 2023

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It never ends…. this is not normal. https://t.co/RcIoiAcH9G

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) April 29, 2023

I rarely do this, but Fox News – yes Fox News – reports on just how out of touch Republicans are with what Americans want. Fox News Poll: Voters favor gun limits over arming citizens to reduce gun violence:

After a series of mass shootings this spring, including the killing of several students at a private Christian school in Tennessee, voters would prefer focusing on specific gun control measures rather than arming citizens to reduce gun violence.

A new Fox News Poll finds most voters favor the following proposals:

— Requiring criminal background checks on all gun buyers (87%)

— Improving enforcement of existing gun laws (81%)

— Raising the legal age to buy a gun to 21 (81%)

— Requiring mental health checks on gun buyers (80%)

— Allowing police to take guns from those considered a danger to themselves or others (80%)

— Requiring a 30-day waiting period for all gun purchases (77%)

Another 6 in 10 favor banning assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons (61%).  On Tuesday, Washington became the 10th state to institute a general ban on assault weaponsales.

While nearly half would encourage more citizens to carry guns to defend against attackers (45%), a slim majority is opposed (52%).

Democrats and Republicans mostly agree on specific gun measures, however there is a deep divide on the banning of assault weapons and equipping citizens with guns. For instance, 84% of Democrats favor banning assault weapons while just 36% of Republicans say the same, and just 27% of Democrats favor citizens carrying guns while twice as many Republicans prefer it (61%).

At least half of gun-owning households favor each of the gun proposals tested.

Overall, 43% feel passing stricter gun control laws would make the country safer, a quarter feel it would make it less safe (25%), and a third thinks they won’t make a difference (31%).

The number feeling stricter gun laws would make the country safer is down 9 points from 2016[.]

The gun issue is important to voters. When asked to say, without the aid of a list, what they feel is the most important issue facing the county, 12% cite gun control/violence.  Economic issues are the only thing more important (24% economy, 16% inflation/cost of living), and no other issues receive double-digit mentions.

Half of voters are extremely or very concerned that they or a loved one will be a victim of gun violence (51%). That includes 44% of those living in a gun-owning household. Concern is higher among those under age 45 (59%), parents (59%), urban residents (65%), and nonwhite voters (65%).

Among those extremely concerned about being a victim, 67% think stricter gun laws will make the country safer.

This is what the undemocratic design of the U.S. Senate and extreme gerrymandering has gotten us – a tyranny of the minority of extremist MAGA Republicans preventing common sense gun safety regulations, in lickspittle lackey service to their merchants of death masters, that the vast majority of Americans demand. Enough is enough.

If you really want to address this issue, you must stop voting for Republicans. Period. Full stop.