In its flawed survey of Americans about firearms that Gallup released on Monday, November 18, it got one thing right. When it comes to handguns, most Americans oppose banning their ownership. What’s remarkable is the precipitous drop among Democrats in their support of banning them.
In early October, Gallup asked 1,023 citizens: “Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban possession of handguns, except by the police and authorized persons?”
Just 20 percent, or one in five, said yes, handgun possession should be banned.
Among Democrats, half of whom said yes last year, only a third this year said they should be banned. That’s an astonishing and jaw-dropping 16-percent decline among the group most likely to support banning firearms.
It’s part of an overall decades-long decline in opposition to the private ownership of handguns. When Gallup began asking in 1959, that opposition topped 60 percent. By 1990 support for such a ban had declined to 43 percent. Today it’s just 20 percent, virtually matching the low of 19 percent hit in 2021. […]
— Read More: thenewamerican.com
