{"id":60639,"date":"2015-06-30T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T14:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60639"},"modified":"2015-06-30T09:08:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:08:32","slug":"poll-americans-think-that-tougher-laws-wont-make-us-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60639","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Americans think that tougher laws won&#8217;t make us safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2015\/jun\/30\/six-10-say-stricter-gun-laws-would-not-reduce-viol\/\">The Washington Times<\/a> reports that a CNN poll taken this past weekend among 1,000 Americans, 61% don&#8217;t think that tougher gun laws will reduce violence;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Six in 10 Americans say having stricter gun control laws would not reduce the amount of violence or the number of gun-related deaths in the country, a new CNN\/ORC poll said.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-one percent of respondents said having stricter controls would not reduce the amount of violence in the country, while 39 percent said having stricter controls would do so.<\/p>\n<p>And 60 percent of respondents said having stricter laws would not reduce the number of gun-related deaths in the country, compared to 40 percent who said they would.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So this is from the actual poll results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=60641\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Will-stricter-gun-control-reduce-violence-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"Will stricter gun control reduce violence\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Will-stricter-gun-control-reduce-violence-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Will-stricter-gun-control-reduce-violence-412x333.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Will-stricter-gun-control-reduce-violence.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, at the same time, we&#8217;re about evenly split on whether we need more government control over our access to firearms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=60640\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Doyou-favor-stricter-gun-control-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Doyou favor stricter gun control\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Doyou-favor-stricter-gun-control-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Doyou-favor-stricter-gun-control-500x329.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Doyou-favor-stricter-gun-control.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the race of the responders has a lot to do with opinions on these questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Times reports that a CNN poll taken this past weekend among 1,000 Americans, 61% &hellip; 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