Despite mass shootings, GOP support for stricter gun control is lower than post-Parkland, survey finds

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The issue of gun violence prevention returned to the spotlight in the wake of two mass shootings—one in Dayton, Ohio, and another in El Paso, Texas—earlier this month.

Registered Republican voters are split—47 percent in support and 45 percent in opposition—on Congress passing stricter gun control measures, which means there is currently less support than there was in the aftermath of the February 2018 Parkland, Florida, massacre that left 17 high school students and staff members dead, according to a new Morning Consult/PoliticoThis despite the issue of gun violence prevention returning to the spotlight in the wake of two mass shootings—one in Dayton, Ohio,...

Protesters hold a rally against gun violence in Times Square in response to recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Denton, Ohio on August 4 in New York City.The survey also found that Republicans are, generally, less opposed to stricter gun control under President Donald Trump than they were under President Barack Obama. Roughly two-thirds of all respondents—including 89 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of independents—indicated they support stronger gun measures.

With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, and President Donald Trump stating their opposition to recalling the Senate from August recess to immediately address the issue, lawmakers will not return to Washington until the second week in September.

But publicly, McConnell has made no such statements, and senior GOP aides have repeatedly pointed to a Februaryfrom the White House in the immediate aftermath of the House passing its universal background check legislation. McConnell's remarks on gun control measures have been vague, leaving the door wide open for what a bipartisan group of senators may come up with once Congress returns from recess.

 

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GOP to USA ..live with it!.. we made killing legal!

I could have predicted that. Very different demographics were affected.

It's because they don't care about regular people. If it was rich people getting shot...... everything would change.

Because it wont help

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