Posted August 15, 2019 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

One of the latest anti-gun talking points has been that a reported large number of Republicans want gun control.

It’s been used over and over again in debates. It’s been used to justify claims that the majority of people want new gun control laws. It’s been used to claim that support for gun grabs are growing.

However, that support among Republicans isn’t growing like it once was, and without political cover, GOP lawmakers may not be likely to even touch gun control.

Support among Republican voters for stricter gun control laws has increased since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but polling suggests that tide has ebbed, casting doubt on the prospect that Congress may pass meaningful gun reform when it returns next month.

A new Morning Consult/Politico poll conducted roughly a week after the deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, found GOP voters are split, 47 percent in support and 45 percent in opposition, on the question.

That’s down from the first survey conducted after the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, when 53 percent supported stricter gun measures versus 42 percent opposed, and down even more from another post-Parkland survey that found 57 …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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