31 Percent Of Americans Blame Guns, Not The People Killing

By Tom Knighton

One of the arguments we routinely use is that the gun is not to blame for a mass shooting. Pro-gun advocates will tell the world that the gun has no mind of its own. It doesn’t make people kill, and it can also stop attacks if used, so let’s stop pretending guns are to blame.

However, in light of the most recent mass shooting, it seems that a large number of Americans disagree.

Americans are closely divided over whether more stringent control of guns could have helped prevent this weekend’s massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. But one-third of Americans think access to guns is more at fault than the killers in incidents of this kind.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 46% of American Adults believe stricter gun control laws would help prevent shootings like the one in Pittsburgh. Nearly as many (43%), however, disagree. Ten percent (10%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

A year ago following a mass shooting in Las Vegas, 43% said more gun control would help prevent incidents like this; 46% disagreed.

Sixty-two percent (62%) of Americans say that in crimes involving use …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms