Support For Gun Laws

Polls are problematic as they can easily be jiggered to produce any desired result. The NYT for example can produce a poll showing support for Cuban styled socialism through the simple expedient of not polling anyone outside of their own office building. A poll run by NPR likewise is immediately suspect, even when it's an on;ine poll and thus plausably open to everyone. Still when asked if participants would support stricter gun control laws:

Yes. Increased regulations on firearms are necessary to prevent another tragedy like the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary.  4.17%  (4,904 votes)  

 

No. Laws like this unnecessarily punish lawful gun owners and will do little to prevent mass shootings.  94.68%  (111,274 votes)  

 

Unsure. It's important to keep the weapons out of the wrong hands, but this may not be the solution.  1.14%  (1,344 votes)  

 

 

Total Votes: 117,522

 The old guard of the Democratic party still believes in more gun control. After all, it kept Fidel alive all these years.