Bartholomew Roberts
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http://www.people-press.org/2012/07/30/views-on-gun-laws-unchanged-after-aurora-shooting/
The poll basically shows that public views on this tend to change very little after mass shootings, and what change there is does not always favor gun control. In the most recent poll, it shows support for protecting gun rights declined 3% (within the sampling error margin) after Aurora.
More interesting was the long term trend line which shows that gun control was the majority position as recently as 2007; but that public support for gun control has been trending steadily downward overall since around 1997. Further, support for gun control hasn't been above 50% since 2008...
The poll basically shows that public views on this tend to change very little after mass shootings, and what change there is does not always favor gun control. In the most recent poll, it shows support for protecting gun rights declined 3% (within the sampling error margin) after Aurora.
More interesting was the long term trend line which shows that gun control was the majority position as recently as 2007; but that public support for gun control has been trending steadily downward overall since around 1997. Further, support for gun control hasn't been above 50% since 2008...