The problem with all polling of this sort is that since the interviewee doesn't know what current federal and state laws are on the subject and doesn't know what additional laws are in the pollsters mind, their "opinion" becomes an opinion on the general state crime/violence in society. And that opinion tracks media coverage and not reality. But, for what its worth. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Poll Results: Despite recent gun-related tragedies in Colorado and Wisconsin, most voters there, and in Virginia another critical battleground state - do not favor stricter gun laws and do not believe stricter arms laws would help prevent acts of mass violence, according to a Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll released this morning. Conducted from July 31 to August 6, the poll shows the majority of likely voters in all three swing states do not favor stricter regulations for gun sales. Voters in Colorado, where a gunman last month killed 12 and injured many more when he opened fire in a crowded movie theater, were most likely to favor keeping gun laws exactly as they are, with just 38 percent wanting stricter gun sales in their state. Sixty-six percent of voters in that state also said they do not believe harsher gun laws would curtail future shooting sprees; 60 percent of Virginia voters and 57 percent of Wisconsin voters share that view. Since polling was being done at the same time as the August 5 shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, the results in today's poll would not reflect any possible reaction to that shooting. Trends across all three states include women being far more likely than men, and Democrats more likely than Republicans, to support stricter gun sales and believe tighter regulations would help prevent future acts of violence. In each state, most voters who live in gun-owning households favor keeping laws on gun sales as they are now... . http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57488766/poll-despite-mass-shooting-most-colo-voters-dont-favor-stricter-gun-laws/
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