"Column: Will there ever be common ground on gun laws?"

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Column: Will there ever be common ground on gun laws?
A national survey conducted last year by John Hopkins University’s Center for Gun Policy and Research “found that 84% of all respondents believe that first-time gun buyers should be required to pass a safety course on the safe handling and storage of a firearm,” according to the Los Angeles Times. “Close to three-quarters of gun owners surveyed shared this view.”
More than 60 percent of gun owners supported setting a minimum age of 21 for Americans to be able to own a semi-automatic rifle, according to the research.
“We’re like 90 percent of Americans who want sensible gun laws passed,” Marcus said.

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Will there ever be common ground on gun laws?
That may not be possible in this hyper partisan environment, especially this year with Trump running for reelection. Parties already play the hot button issue cards and both nominees and their campaigns will be punching up all the issues until November and firearms is one issue. Polling goes up and down especially after any firearms incidents. Glad to hear there was some bipartisanship in Sacramento and gun owners didn't get screwed again.
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CDFingers wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:55 pm The tight states like CA and VA and NY and MA and so on should face SCOTUS scrutiny on controversial laws in each state.

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As we've learned, that only works after a 10+ year legal battle if SCOTUS chooses to take the case. Places like CA and NY have been fucked by lower courts for years, knowing full well SCOTUS was a remote chance, so no real reason to adhere to Heller or the 2A. As an example, Peña v. Cid (CA roster case) was filed in 2009 in California, docketed at SCOTUS January 3, 2019, distributed for conference Mar 20 2019 and currently in limbo.

Does anybody recall SCOTUS ruling against a gun case it took since Heller? I don't. They've ignored plenty, though.

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Anyone who drops percentages like that is instantly suspect. I work with business analytics and metrics every day in bio tech. If you don't survey every single gun owner in country then you cannot accurately state "60% of -insert whatever community here- believes talking point A". Extrapolation is just massaging the numbers to come out any way you want.
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SpaceRanger42 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:02 pm Anyone who drops percentages like that is instantly suspect. I work with business analytics and metrics every day in bio tech. If you don't survey every single gun owner in country then you cannot accurately state "60% of -insert whatever community here- believes talking point A". Extrapolation is just massaging the numbers to come out any way you want.
Manipulating numbers works in propaganda.
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