Saturday, October 29, 2011

Gun ownership, oppositon to more gun control and support for 2nd Amend. on the rise in the U.S.

In recent years, the poll data on a "gun in the home," has shown a decline. Many consider this an artifact of polling because of the "socially desirable response" bias and distrust of government and pollsters. Recent polls show that the percentage of households showing a gun in the home has gone up. Support for more gun control is down. If the federal interstate reciprocity for concealed carry bill makes it through Congress, will Obama veto it? Tough call for him as not vetoing it will alienate the ideologues in his own party. On the other hand, vetoing it will cost him mainstream votes and votes in the South, Midwest and parts of the West. (A strong majority of the population agrees that there is an individual right to keep and bear arms.) It will also mean more money for the NRA's political coffers. Tough call for Barak! A veto will show his true, far-left, authoritarian, ideological colors. Recall Candidate Obama's bigoted remarks in his 2008 campaign about "bitter" small-town and rural yokels who cling to their guns and religion. Looks like it not just the bitter yokels who have guns.

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