Quote:Now, YouGov has a poll showing that 82 percent of Democrats want to ban semiautomatic firearms, while they’re evenly split on a total handgun ban. This is where the party stands on gun rights, our civil right to own firearms. They want to shred the Second Amendment and the gauge of Democratic Party members offers a dark vision of what could come if enough of these people are elected to Congress. Allahpundit broke down the numbers:

YouGov asked people whether they favor or oppose banning semiautomatic weapons. Note: Not semiautomatic rifles, which some might incorrectly but understandably treat as a question about AR-15s or “assault weapons.” YouGov asked about semiautomatic weapons. That means handguns too. Result:

Overall Americans are at 55/33, with even Republicans at a surprisingly narrow 37/53 in opposition. YouGov should have followed up by asking people to define “semiautomatic” and presenting them with four possible definitions. I’d be curious to see what percentage answered correctly. Instead they followed up by asking how people feel about banning all handguns (except those issued to officers of the state, of course!), which would include revolvers. Result:

Americans are strongly opposed overall but Democrats are on the fence at 44/46. Which way will those numbers tilt in coming years, do you suppose, as the party drifts left and gives up on working-class white voters to chase an Obama-style coalition of young adults, minorities, and the highly educated?

Democrats are also evenly split at 39/41 on, uh, whether to repeal the Second Amendment.

Here’s a possible silver lining: maybe the 55 percent figure would go down if people understood the terms. The media is terrible at basic gun knowledge. They think we can buy machine guns in the same fashion as we purchase milk at a grocery store. They think magazines impact the rate of fire; they don’t. They use terms like “assault weapon” and “full semi automatic,” which are meaningless. So, maybe once the media actually uses firearm lexicon properly, this support for a semiautomatic firearm ban could go down especially with a surge in independents now saying they’re strongly opposed to it. I note the shoddy gun knowledge aspect because if 82 percent of Democrats think all semiautomatics should be banned, then why do only 46 percent support a handgun ban? Could it be that they think semiautomatic weapons specifically concerns the AR-15? Handguns are semiautomatic as well. So, in all, almost the entire party wants to nix firearms in America, with an appallingly high proportion of them saying they want to repeal the Second Amendment outright.

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(03-03-2018 05:06 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:Now, YouGov has a poll showing that 82 percent of Democrats want to ban semiautomatic firearms, while they’re evenly split on a total handgun ban. This is where the party stands on gun rights, our civil right to own firearms. They want to shred the Second Amendment and the gauge of Democratic Party members offers a dark vision of what could come if enough of these people are elected to Congress. Allahpundit broke down the numbers:

YouGov asked people whether they favor or oppose banning semiautomatic weapons. Note: Not semiautomatic rifles, which some might incorrectly but understandably treat as a question about AR-15s or “assault weapons.” YouGov asked about semiautomatic weapons. That means handguns too. Result:

Overall Americans are at 55/33, with even Republicans at a surprisingly narrow 37/53 in opposition. YouGov should have followed up by asking people to define “semiautomatic” and presenting them with four possible definitions. I’d be curious to see what percentage answered correctly. Instead they followed up by asking how people feel about banning all handguns (except those issued to officers of the state, of course!), which would include revolvers. Result:

Americans are strongly opposed overall but Democrats are on the fence at 44/46. Which way will those numbers tilt in coming years, do you suppose, as the party drifts left and gives up on working-class white voters to chase an Obama-style coalition of young adults, minorities, and the highly educated?

Democrats are also evenly split at 39/41 on, uh, whether to repeal the Second Amendment.

Here’s a possible silver lining: maybe the 55 percent figure would go down if people understood the terms. The media is terrible at basic gun knowledge. They think we can buy machine guns in the same fashion as we purchase milk at a grocery store. They think magazines impact the rate of fire; they don’t. They use terms like “assault weapon” and “full semi automatic,” which are meaningless. So, maybe once the media actually uses firearm lexicon properly, this support for a semiautomatic firearm ban could go down especially with a surge in independents now saying they’re strongly opposed to it. I note the shoddy gun knowledge aspect because if 82 percent of Democrats think all semiautomatics should be banned, then why do only 46 percent support a handgun ban? Could it be that they think semiautomatic weapons specifically concerns the AR-15? Handguns are semiautomatic as well. So, in all, almost the entire party wants to nix firearms in America, with an appallingly high proportion of them saying they want to repeal the Second Amendment outright.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/...sletterad=

Regardless, I don't think there's ever enough political votes out there willing to straight up repeal the 2A. That is a very significant line in the sand that would have very clear and severe implications for the future of the country. I really don't think they have that kind of ball rolling.