The 2nd Amendment: It’s Very Important!

PREAMBLE

In the mid- and late-1950’s, during my childhood, television shows like The Rifleman and Gunsmoke were very popular. Television, however, wasn’t part of my life. My father wouldn’t allow us to be brought away from reading for it. Toy guns were popular toys for boys around me. My father forbade even squirt guns, because they were guns. Perhaps, not surprisingly, I’ve supported limiting the possession of guns for most of my 70 years!

Most Republicans would support legislation banning assault-style weapons, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll found Wednesday — a finding that contradicts President Donald Trump’s claim earlier the same day that there’s “no political appetite” for such restrictions.

The poll found that nearly 70 percent of all voters would back such a ban. Support for an assault-weapons ban was higher, at 86 percent, among Democrats, who have been pushing for new restrictions on the firearms in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend.

Republicans typically are more reticent to support new gun restrictions, and Trump campaigned in 2016 on his strong support for the Second Amendment. But the poll found that 55 percent of GOP voters were comfortable with banning assault weapons, and 54 percent said they would support stricter gun laws more generally. Ninety percent said they would back universal background checks for gun sales.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/poll-most-voters-support-assault-weapons-ban-1452…