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GOP Debate Thread 4: Cleaning Up the Clown Mess

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus12/16/2015 5:53:02 am PST

Yes, the gun-f*ckers are winning the public debate:

POLL: Most Now Oppose an Assault Weapons Ban

A majority of Americans oppose banning assault weapons for the first time in more than 20 years of ABC News/Washington Post polls, with the public expressing vast doubt that the authorities can prevent “lone wolf” terrorist attacks and a substantial sense that armed citizens can help.

Just 45 percent in this national survey favor an assault weapons ban, down 11 percentage points from an ABC/Post poll in 2013 and down from a peak of 80 percent in 1994. Fifty-three percent oppose such a ban, the most on record.

Indeed, while the division is a close one, Americans by 47-42 percent think that encouraging more people to carry guns legally is a better response to terrorism than enacting stricter gun control laws. Divisions across groups are vast, underscoring the nation’s gulf on gun issues.

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I’m living in a society of gun fetishists.

I don’t feel safer.