New Poll Shows Unpopularity for New Gun Control Laws Rising as Democrats Eye More – Opinion

Democrats found another way to be less popular to vote, and it was in gun control laws. A new poll shows that Democrats are less popular than ever for creating new laws, making it difficult to bring any legislation to the table.

According to The Reload, the new poll comes from Quinnipiac, but it’s not the first to indicate a shift in how we as a society feel about new gun laws:

That’s according to a new poll from Quinnipiac, which found 49 percent of adults oppose new gun laws, compared to 46 percent of those who say they support further restrictions. This is the first time in 2015 that lower than half of Quinnipiac’s pollsters were able to find support for additional restrictions.

The findings are just the latest evidence of a broad shift against gun control among the American people. Last week’s poll from Gallup showed a similar drop in public support for stricter gun laws, and a recent Morning Consult poll found voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on the issue of gun policy.

Partisan identification again proved to be a significant factor in respondents’ support for gun control. Only 13 percent of Republicans support tighter gun laws, while 91 percent supported stricter gun control measures among Democrats. Only 39% supported stricter gun laws, and 54% were opposed.

What’s caused this sudden increase in the support of fewer gun restrictions? I’d like to say it has a lot to do with Republican messaging, but it’s not. The usual sales pitch was done by Democrats. Already at the start of this year gun sales saw a huge surge after the Biden administration was inaugurated, along with a Democrat-majority House or Senate. The FBI reported that there had been 4.3 Million background checks. While not all background checks equal a purchase, every purchase does not necessarily mean one gun.

The trend remained strong right through the middle of this year. Even before the outbreak, when panic erupted due to the pandemic, many people went out and bought firearms in order to secure their houses in the event of a disaster. New gun owners soon discovered how silly their local gun laws were. People were simultaneously buying guns to protect their properties or homes from the Black Lives Matter Riots.

Democrats did not just sell the firearm to American citizens, they shot themselves in the foot while trying to hand it over.

The news is not good for Democrats especially as the Obama administration has promised massive gun control reforms. At this time, Biden is approaching gun control through a “suicide prevention” angle and while it doesn’t involve the implementation of any major attempts at gun control, it does focus a whole lot on virtue signaling about “gun safety” and finger-wagging at gun dealers. Because they know the numbers polled for gun laws, this was their only option. Although their hands are tied they have to keep appearing professional.

This also doesn’t bode well for anyone who promised massive gun reforms and spouted really fiery talk about seizing guns. People like VP Kamala Harris who openly stated that she wanted to ban semi-automatic weapons, and people like Beto “hell yes we’re going to take your AR-15” O’Rourke who has announced he’s throwing a snowball into Hell and running for Governor of Texas.