Study: 54% of Americans don’t know what gun laws there are
Fifty-four percent of those surveyed Oct. 11-14, one month after the Clinton-era ban on the sale and ownership of certain types of so-called assault weapons expired, said laws covering the sales of firearms in the United States should be “more strict.” Eleven percent said they should be “less strict” while 34 percent said the laws should remain as they are now.
Also of note:
Sixty-three percent of the 1,012 adults over the age of 18 polled said they did not think there should be a law banning “the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons.” Just 36 percent said there should be such a law.
November 8th, 2004 at 7:01 pm
People don’t know jack shit about most laws until those laws affect them personally. Case in point, I didn’t know bupkiss about New York state real estate law until I made an offer on a condo, even though I was sure to have a strong opinion about them. Now I’m going to be spending several nights at the library figuring out what I can or can’t do as a property owner.
I’m sure it’s the same with guns. Who pays attention until they’re ready to buy one? Or sell one? Or perhaps have been the victim of gun violence, or charged with some sort of violation they knew nothing about when they drove across the state line?
All of my guns (and my wife’s) are in Tennessee, because we just assumed that NYC would have strict gun laws. To be honest, I have no idea what the gun laws are in the Big Apple.