Study Finds Gun Control Supporters Less Likely To Contact Officials

By Tom Knighton

Gun grabbers don’t seem to understand why, no matter what happens, they can seem to cram new gun regulations down people’s throats. They’re outright ghoulish in climbing over dead bodies so they can capitalize on any tragedy, yet time and again, they keep coming up short. It has to baffle them.

To be sure, there are a lot of reasons why this happens, but a recent study just illustrated a potential biggie.

Just 15% of all U.S. adults say they have ever contacted a public official to express their opinion on gun policy. About one-in-five gun owners (21%) have done this, including 9% who say they’ve done so in the past year. That compares with 12% of non-gun owners who have ever reached out to officials about gun policy, including 5% who have done so in the past year.

Furthermore, Americans who believe gun laws should be less strict are more likely to contact public officials on the issue than those who think gun laws should be stricter or are about right (22% have ever done so, compared with 15% of those who favor stricter laws and 10% of those who think laws are about right). Among gun owners, 19% …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms