Encouraging news, 2nd Amendment fans:
A record-low 26% of Americans favor a legal ban on the possession of handguns in the United States other than by police and other authorized people. When Gallup first asked Americans this question in 1959, 60% favored banning handguns. But since 1975, the majority of Americans have opposed such a measure, with opposition around 70% in recent years.
The implication, Gallup said in a story about the poll: "Americans have shifted to a more pro-gun view on gun laws, particularly in recent years, with record-low support for a ban on handguns, an assault rifle ban, and stricter gun laws in general." This is the case, "even as high-profile incidents of gun violence continue in the United States . . ." Even as? How about "because of"? The more news about gun vio0lence, the more people feel they need to arm themselves to level the p
