Public_Opinion_On_Gun_Control

Public Opinion On Gun Control Public Opinion on Gun Control The twentieth century was a time of many political assassinations and violent shootings. A nation in shock mourned the deaths of President John Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end of the twentieth century the nation endured rising rates of violent crime, with young people frequently involved as victims and perpetrators and often armed with guns. Between July 1992, and June 30, 1999, there were 358 school-associated violent deaths in the United States, including 255 deaths of school- aged children, or about 51 such violent deaths each year. (Schmitt rot, 2003) Time after time, public opinion polls have shown that crime and violence are among the most important concerns troubling Americans, if not the most important. But do these concerns translate to changes in public support for federal gun control measures' I will focus on public attitudes toward gun control over both the short and longer terms. Some Americans are convinced that more federal regulation of firearms is necessary to reduce the number of murders that are committed with guns and to ensure a safer, more civilized society. Others who support private ownership of guns insist that the right to bear arms is gun, control, support, crime, public, guns, percent, opinion, laws, stricter, favor, measures, general, attitudes, women, violence, respondents, rates, poll, national, among, about, smith, research, people, littleton, columbine, americans, 2001, violent, two, survey, results, prior, men, issue