The coverage of the Black Lives Matter Rally in Laconia (Laconia Daily Sun, June 9) is so full of hyperbole and misleading statements that I don’t know whether to be angry or sad.
Let’s turn to the last page, shall we?
Articles tagged as
Assault rifles
Update: Your answer was “No!” -> “Poll: Should the sale of assault rifles by stopped?”
I posted this up a couple of days ago: Fosters Daily Democrat (NH seacoast newspaper) is running that poll. You know what to do. And guess what – you knew what to do (I knew you would!): I think that said you told them how you feel. Good job!
Data Point – Poll on an assault weapons ban
Emphasis mine:
Snapshot: Majority in U.S. Now Oppose Ban on Assault Rifles
Americans’ support for a ban on semi-automatic guns in the U.S. has dropped eight percentage points from a year ago, when opinions were more evenly divided after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Last year’s measure was unusually high for the trend over the past several years; the current 40% is back to within a few points of where it was between 2011 and 2016.
…The current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%. The latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.
I understand the numbers but the phrasing is AWFUL and once again, we see that folk yammering about stuff they don’t know about.
Yet one more reason that “assault rifles” should be banned…
If you don’t hit the bad guys and shoot the wall instead, you can damage your wall.
