Despite all the caterwauling by Democrats in their quest to limit the Constitution Rights of citizens (2nd, 4th, 6th, and so on), along with their sit-in cry-fest, the American public is just not ready for their brand of gun grabbing
(NBC News) Â With gun policy taking center stage on Capitol Hill in the aftermath of the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando, Americans still remain lukewarm to sweeping gun control compared to the mid-1990s, when public opinion propelled a 10-year assault weapons ban into law.
Fifty percent of voters say that they are concerned that the government will go too far in restricting the rights of citizens to own guns, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, while 47 percent said they were more concerned that authorities would not do enough to regulate access to firearms.
And therein lies one of the big problems: Government. We could implement better measures to restrict firearms from people who really should not have them, namely terrorists, those who have show a propensity for getting involved in radical Islamist movements, and a few other very limited folks, but, there is a serious concern that Democrats will use these powers to deny law abiding American citizens their 2nd Amendment rights based on bureaucratic say-so. Especially as Democrats are uninterested in Due Process, and are thrilled with the prospect of making citizens guilty till proven innocent.
A ban on the sale of the semi-automatic firearms referred to as assault weapons remains relatively popular, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, with 51 percent of voters supporting such a ban while 31 percent oppose it.
Quick, which one can do more damage?
What’s more, asked now how they would describe a proposal to ban the sale, voters are split on whether the ban would be worthwhile.
Forty-five percent said an assault weapons ban would be “worth it because it is one more step that could be done to try to reduce the number of casualties and save lives.” Forty-nine percent said such a policy is “NOT worth it because it will not stop the attackers from getting the weapons they need.”
Since few shootings use a rifle, what would be the point, other than banning those scary looking weapons, which allow women to protect themselves with lighter, more weidly guns?
