AZ: Poll Favors Reforming Gun Laws

By Dean Weingarten

AZ: Poll Favors Reforming Gun Laws
AZ: Poll Favors Reforming Gun Laws
Dean Weingarten
Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- A story in the Arizona Daily Star about an anti-second amendment group included a poll on whether gun laws needed to be stronger, changed a little, kept the same, or reduced.  From the Star:

Do you think we need more laws placing restrictions on guns?
Yes. We need much stronger laws.

Yes, but only a few common-sense changes.

No. The laws are OK the way they are.

No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated.

What is interesting about this poll is the last choice.   It is almost never given on these old media gun restriction polls.   The times are changing, because it was included on this one.

After only 16 hours, here are the results so far:

  • 5%      Yes. We need much stronger laws.
  • 2%      Yes, but only a few common-sense changes.
  • 7%      No. The laws are OK the way they are.
  • 86%    No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated.
I think we are in the middle of a sea change of public opinion.  For the last hundred years, we have been increasing government power and centralizing it at the federal level.  Perhaps the next hundred will be spent decreasing and decentralizing government power.

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About Dean Weingarten;

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and recently retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.