Something I consider to be quite remarkable, really, considering the fact that we seem to now be living in the age of Barry "Almighty," is the fact that two-out-of-three Americans still recognize it as being their constitutional right to own a gun and that that right was intended for the specific purpose of providing a method to them for being able to ensure their freedom. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a substantial majority, 65 percent, of American Adults think the purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure that people are able to protect themselves from tyranny. Only 17 percent disagree with that opinion, while another 18 percent are not sure. Those who comprise that 18 percent sure must be a real bright bunch!
What should not come as being any big surprise is the fact that 72 percent of those with a gun in their family regard the Second Amendment as a protection against tyranny. However, even a majority, albeit a slim one, 57 percent, of those without a gun in their home hold that very same view. Many gun control zealots like to talk of the right to gun ownership as relating to hunting and recreational uses only. Most likely that's because they're too naïve to think that "tyranny" can happen right here at home. While there are often wide partisan differences of opinion on gun-related issues, even 54 percent of Democrats agree with 75 percent of Republicans and 68 percent of those not affiliated with either major party that the right to own a gun is to ensure such freedom.
As Americans continue to search for answers to the recent Newtown tragedy , attitudes on gun ownership are "not likely to change in a nation where six out of 10 adults would rather live in a neighborhood where they can own a gun and most would feel safer if their children attended a school with an armed security guard." Scott Rasmussen explains in his latest weekly newspaper column that if Congress is "not willing to go as far as the president wants on gun control, perhaps they…might take stronger action on mental health issues or increase the penalties for crimes committed with a gun." I have a suggestion. How about we simply start by enforcing the many laws having to do with guns that are already on the books, which, by the way, is down 40 percent under Barry "Almighty."
In the wake of last month’s tragedy at a elementary school in Connecticut, 51 percent say they favor stricter gun control laws. There is strong support for background checks of gun owners, but a plurality believes dealing with mental health issues will lead to more effective results. Fifty-nine percent think Congress and Barry "almighty" are likely to create stricter gun control laws. Seventy-four percent of all Americans continue to believe that the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun. Just 17 percent disagree. Which is something too, that I find as being quite remarkable, especially with it be screamed at us, on nearly a daily basis, by both the Democrats and various members of the state-controlled media, about how the Constitution says no such thing.
Apparently, at least according to this poll, the NRA is now viewed favorably by 49 percent of Americans and unfavorably by 41 percent. This includes 25 percent, in which you can count me, with a Very Favorable opinion of the influential gun-rights organization and 23 percent with a Very Unfavorable one. The NRA’s favorables are down slightly from 54 percent in July 2011, but the percentage of those who view it unfavorably remains essentially unchanged. Sixty-six percent of likely U.S. Voters believe in America today there is far too much government power and far too little individual freedom. Sixty percent feel the federal government today does not operate with the consent of the governed. And yet…here we are. So how much sense does that make?
And something I find to be a little unsettling is the fact that Americans, at least, appear to now be pretty evenly divided over whether the federal government is a protector of individual rights or a threat to those rights. And after the last four years I find it more than a little puzzling how it is that anyone could view today's government as being a protector of individual rights. But even before Newtown, Americans rated the freedoms of speech and religion as being more important the freedom of the press and the right to bear arms. And something else I find a little perplexing is that 17 percent of Americans actually believe that there is too much individual freedom in the United States today. But then, I figure that's all of those out there in Hollywood and in our state-controlled media.
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