{"id":91020,"date":"2023-03-21T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=91020"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:55:19","slug":"91020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=91020","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Poll claims younger Republicans support gun control<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a serious effort to try and paint gun control as having broad support. The idea here is to make it appear as if pro-gun lawmakers are out of touch with the public in hopes that they\u2019ll bow to pressure and pass restrictions.<\/p>\n

Remember that everyone loves a legislator who holds firm to their principles right up until those principles are something the individual voter disagrees with. Then they should totally change and that\u2019s not a violation of principles at all.<\/p>\n

Funny, that.<\/p>\n

Anyway, with this effort, there tend to be a ton of polls saying gun control has all this support. Kind of like this one that\u00a0argues Gen Z, Millennial Republicans support it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite widespread overall support for gun control and majority belief in gun rights among Republicans, 59% of Americans report that they\u2019ve engaged in no political activities in the past 30 days in support or opposition to gun access. However, younger generations may be the catalyst for change regarding policy on guns.<\/p>\n

The opinions of young Republicans, in particular, differ from those of their older counterparts. Gen Z and Millennial Republicans \u2014\u00a0adults born in 1982 or more recently \u2014 are more likely than older Republicans to believe that gun laws should be more restrictive (39% vs. 22%). Support for more restrictive gun laws has continued to trend upwards among young Republicans \u2013 to 47% in February 2023 from 41% in August\u00a02022 \u2013 while members of the older generation of Republicans are more likely to believe gun laws are sufficient as they are today. Similarly, 32% of young Republicans think the Constitution protects access to guns only for militias \u2013 more than double the share of older Republicans (13%) who think so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Except that\u2019s only part of the story.<\/p>\n

Yes, 39 percent favor gun control but another 39 percent think the laws are just fine and another 22 percent think the current laws are too restrictive.<\/p>\n

Conversely, there is 32 percent of Gen Z and Millennial Democrats who think gun laws are either good where they are or too restrictive.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s funny how\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0not the story here, only that 39 percent of younger Republican voters want more gun control. It\u2019s almost as if they\u2019re trying to push a particular narrative and somehow pressure GOP lawmakers into passing some particular bit of legislation.<\/p>\n

Nah, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s just a coincidence that they framed it that way and pretty much glossed over the fact that 32 percent of Democrats don\u2019t want more gun control.<\/p>\n

And the poll doesn\u2019t get into specifics, either, with regard to those younger Republicans. Arguably, support for a red flag law and literally nothing else constitutes wanting more restrictions than the status quo, but is well short of \u201cban \u2019em all.\u201d That doesn\u2019t show up on polls like this.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the question of just how significant that support is\u2013another subject they didn\u2019t get into, I should note.<\/p>\n

There are people who have some vague notions of supporting a given policy but aren\u2019t supportive enough to actually do much of anything about it. They might think a gun control law is a good idea, but they won\u2019t base who they vote for on it.<\/p>\n

Republicans, regardless of their age, aren\u2019t about to jump ship and vote Democrat just because of gun control. That doesn\u2019t show up in polls, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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