Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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4. Tularetom's conclusion is inescapable if the first 3 paragraphs linked are correct

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 11:25 PM

Nov 2015

Let me remind you of them:

Going even further and reinstating a total ban on gun ownership is most popular among white residents (62 percent), particularly whites with college degrees (67 percent) and white women (65 percent), the poll found.

It is also popular among all residents with incomes of at least $100,000 (61 percent), residents younger than 30 (57 percent) and people who have lived in the city less than 10 years (60 percent).

Support for a gun ban falls to about 4 in 10 among residents with a high school education or less, and with incomes below $50,000. African Americans, particularly those living in areas of the city that have experienced a 50 percent increase in robberies at gunpoint this year, were also among the least supportive.

Whites, the wealthy (a demographic that skews white) and newcomers (a demographic that
skews heavily white in DC these days) tend to prefer a ban and African Americans do not.

In your own words, kindly explain the disparity if you would.

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Half of D.C. residents want a return to citywide gun ban, poll finds [View all] beevul Nov 2015 OP

Interesting - and revealing of the racism inherent in gun ban advocates tularetom Nov 2015 #1

A very broad brush that you are using here. guillaumeb Nov 2015 #2

Tularetom's conclusion is inescapable if the first 3 paragraphs linked are correct friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #4

I shall try. guillaumeb Nov 2015 #11

Wonder what others rights they'd poll to ditch if given the chance??? ileus Nov 2015 #3

Live in NoVa TeddyR Nov 2015 #5

Makes sense. The wealthier classes feel protected; screw the rest. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #6

mixing rifles with handguns jimmy the one Nov 2015 #7

Fortunately Heller makes this particular controller wet dream impossible. Nt hack89 Nov 2015 #8

Also, the question was not asked friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #13

I guess you'll never say "gun violence" again, right? beevul Nov 2015 #9

Why do you "presume" TeddyR Nov 2015 #10

That poster presumes facts not in evidence, i.e. support for a ban on handguns friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #12

How valid are the opinions of those ignorant of the previous law? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #14