yokel
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According to a recent poll young adults back draconian regulations and restrictions on firearms.
And a Fox News poll says that Millenials are still fairly pro-gun - http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/06/30/poll-millennials-pro-gun-think/#lip6EItF8y3e5oSR.99.
That’s why ultimately a majority of millennials, 53 to 25 percent, want the U.S. Congress to pass stricter gun control laws, even though most of them believe more guns make people safer and a plurality want a firearm themselves.
GenForward is a survey by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The first-of-its-kind poll pays special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.
Gallup also asked respondents if they would support a law that would require universal background checks for any gun purchases nationwide. 86 percent responded that they would support this measure.
Rather wide spread, no?The two attitudes are contradictory, eh?
That’s why ultimately a majority of millennials, 53 to 25 percent, want the U.S. Congress to pass stricter gun control laws, even though most of them believe more guns make people safer and a plurality want a firearm themselves.
(and 25% to 50% is not a majority...)
I think more short sighted than contradictory. I believe the thinking goes something like: Strict gun controls won't effect ME because I am "good guy".The two attitudes are contradictory, eh?
Abstract of Chapter 11, Wright & Rossi Under the Gun, 1983:
In Chapter 11, we review the evidence from two recent national surveys on "Public Opinion and Gun Control," that is. we consider what the public wants and does not want by way of stricter firearms regulations. Both surveys were conducted in 1978: one was sponsored by the National Rifle Association, and the other by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Handgun Violence. Together, the surveys are virtually encyclopedic in their coverage of public thinking on gun control issues. Although the reports in which the survey results are presented differ, at times sharply, in their emphasis and the conclusions advanced from the data, the empirical findings are notably consistent wherever direct comparison is possible.
It all depends on how you ask the question.
GenForward, who conducted the poll, appears to be a liberal, "progressive" organization. What would you expect?
I think more short sighted than contradictory. I believe the thinking goes something like: Strict gun controls won't effect ME because I am "good guy".
Exactly, plus they don't vote and think that tacos are cultural appropriation.Screw the "millennials." When I was 22 years old, I didn't understand the Constitution, either. Then I served my country and went to war.
Many of this generation's experiences with firearms are from sitting on a couch playing GTA or Halo.