Nation’s Priorities Have Little To Do With Guns

By Tom Knighton

Anti-gun activists love to point to polls that show majority support for gun control. “It’s the will of the people,” they shriek–or some variation of that, at least. They continue to act like gun control is something that will win elections for their side simply because of this.

However, it looks like that while there is majority support for gun control–for now, at least–that it’s far from the voters’ top priority in this election cycle.

If the mainstream media headlines were to be believed, Americans overwhelmingly support gun control as a top priority to stop the violent misuse of firearms by criminals.

Survey data reveals a reality that contradicts the media narrative. Just this week, a new Gallup poll showed that only 6 percent of Americans point to gun control and gun violence as a top concern. Despite all the headlines and despite recent tragedies that have spurred much attention to guns, rather than to the obvious problems of mental health and criminal justice, Americans do not buy into the story told by news outlets.

Most Democrats Don’t See Top Concern

Even among Democrats, gun control ranks as a top concern for only …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms