Re: Americans Want President Bush and Congress to Renew the Ban

[Ron Moore]

I would love to see the data.   I can readily believe that much of the non-gunowning public supports such a ban, I find it difficult that many gun owners do given that there just isn't any signifigant difference between a military style semi-auto rifle and the semi-auto rifles and shotguns that millions of gun owners use for hunting and target shooting.


At 10:41 PM 10/4/2003 -0400, you wrote:

Americans Want President Bush and Congress to Renew the Ban
10/1/2003


Press Release
Consumer Federation of America
1424 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
www.consumerfed.org

Contact:
Naomi Seligman
Phone: 202-628-7772 ext. 126

New CFA Survey Finds That Consumers Support Renewing and Strengthening the Federal Assault Weapons Ban

Washington, DC - A new survey released today by Consumer Federation of America (CFA) found that over a majority of the public supports renewing the federal assault weapons ban and supports new measures to strengthen the ban.   An important finding of this survey is that a high percentage of Americans want President Bush to persuade Congress to renew the ban.  Another significant finding is that a majority of gun owners supports renewing and strengthening the assault weapons ban.  Results of the survey include:
Sixty-two percent said they favored renewing the ban, including 47 percent who strongly favor its renewal.  Just over 50 percent of gun owners support renewing the ban, while two thirds of non-gun owners do.

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http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,567042,00.html

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Last year Naomi Seligman was the VPC's Communications Director

Ron Moore