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by joe817
Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:34 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Support for banning handguns continues to fall in America
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Re: Support for banning handguns continues to fall in America

And now for something completely different, from the other side of the fence:

From The Economist, a British publication(with proper perspectives).

DESPITE electing an unusually liberal president, on at least one measure Americans are more conservative than at any time before. Public support for allowing handguns has risen to 72%, the highest level in nearly 50 years, according to a new poll from Gallup. When Americans were first asked the question in 1959, only 40% were in favour of introducing a law to lower handgun restrictions, but support has climbed steadily. Enthusiasm for less restrictive laws relating to the sale of firearms is also climbing, rising from 32% in 1990 to 56% today. Polls suggest that 57% believe laws should be made more relaxed.

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