Republican support for gun restrictions is slipping a year after Congress passed the most comprehensive firearms control legislation in decades with bipartisan support, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
That’s led to a gap between Democrats and the GOP on the issue of guns that has widened in the last year. Democrats have consistently outpaced Republicans and independents in their belief that gun laws in the U.S. should be strengthened, but GOP support has dropped even further behind, the poll found.
Yet despite the political divide, both sides believe it’s important to reduce mass shootings that plague the nation, the poll found. Majorities of Americans say they would support some additional restrictions on guns, particularly background checks and red flag laws, which allow law enforcement to remove weapons from a person believed to be a danger to themselves or others.
Even with GOP and independent headwinds on more restrictions, lawmakers could still find support: Enforcing background checks on all potential gun buyers earns bipartisan support, with 93% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans in favor.
When congress does not represent the will of the vast, vast majority of Americans, what is the point?
They haven’t represented the will of the people for 35+ years. The only people the represent are big corp lobbyists.
It’s all about the Benjamin’s, aka pay me a $4,000,000 fee and I will make a bill to propose your desires.
They had any to begin with? These are folks who would likeley make it a ritualistic tradition that at the age of 12 you be given an AR-15 as a sign of your passage into adulthood.
Also the GOP is a contrarian party. They oppose access to healthcare… just cause. Even when democrats presented a republican governor’s plan for the issue l, the GOP started up with the whole “socialism” and “death panels”.
They have no point or purpose, they just oppose progress for the highest bidder.
