USA Africa Dialogue Series - nyt polling on gun control

What this story and poll tell us is that even with 20 six-year-old children viciously slaughtered, 46% of americans still believe it should be legal to own assault weapons. they are guilty of permitting conditions that led to this, and all the other killings with guns, in this country. i don't think it is legitimate to debate an issue so morally egregiously evil.
the issue is not to stop such killings completely, but to return to sane policies. the gun owners are selfish enough to wish to sustain insane policies.
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Massacre at School Sways Public in Way Earlier Shootings Didn’t

By MICHAEL COOPER and DALIA SUSSMAN

Published: January 17, 2013

The massacre of children at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., appears to be profoundly swaying Americans’ views on guns, galvanizing the broadest support for stricter gun laws in about a decade, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.

Protests representing both sides of the gun control debate have taken place since the school massacre in Newtown, Conn.

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A rise in support for stricter gun laws stretches across political lines.

As President Obama tries to persuade a reluctant Congress to pass new gun laws, the poll found that a majority of Americans — 54 percent — think gun control laws should be tightened, up markedly from a CBS News poll last April that found that only 39 percent backed stricter laws.

The rise in support for stricter gun laws stretched across political lines, including an 18-point increase among Republicans. A majority of independents now back stricter gun laws.

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