The latest Rasmussen survey showed that 57% of voters believe the key is to enforce laws that are currently on the books. That far outpaced the 30% who favor adding stricter gun control measures to those already in existence.
A marked difference was evident between political persuasions.
The poll found 71% of Republicans and 58% of independents favor cracking down with laws already in force. However, only 43% of Democrats favored this tactic to curb violence.
Only 21% of Republicans and 19% of independents believe it is possible to completely prevent mass shootings in the U.S. According to Rasmussen, 44% of Democrats believe this feat may be accomplished.
As for believing complete eradication of mass shootings is impossible, 66% of GOP voters and 63% of independents concur. Among Democrats, 41% agree that it is almost certainly not possible.
Alan Gottlieb is the chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). He noted that the pollsters conducted their survey after the Maine tragedy, meaning that the issue of mass shootings was fresh on the people’s minds.
“We’ve maintained for decades that if existing gun laws were enforced, we wouldn’t need a constant stream of new laws, with additional restrictions on law-abiding citizens, which have really not prevented such events as gun control proponents invariably promise when they push their latest schemes.”
There are laws stacked on top of laws to prevent criminal violence, but it’s the enforcement — or lack of — that leads to rampant lawlessness.
Instead of piling new ones on that only affect those who adhere to the law, lawmakers would be far better served by clamping down on those who perpetuate harmful acts.
