Hey folks,
I'm about to go and speak to some people at a conference and the subject of guns is going to come up, and I could sure use some help tracking down some information.
I remember reading a Gallup poll a while back (pretty sure it was on the Gallup site) and it showed some stats that really impacted me.
It was talking about attitudes among people who identify themselves as "conservatives" versus people who identify themselves as "liberals." (At least, I think those were the categories.)
Anyway, what it seemed to say was that about 30% of conservatives think gun control shouldn't be any looser, and 30% of liberals think it shouldn't be any tighter.
I was really struck by this, because it goes against the grain of the usual "us versus them" mentality.
Anyway, I'm trying to find the thing again, and I can't. I've been looking through the Gallup website, and I'm finding loads of gun stuff, but not this particular poll. I figured I probably heard of it here on TFL, but I searched "Gallup" and I haven't been able to find it here, either.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Do you know where to find it? Sorry for being such a lame researcher. Your help would be really appreciated.
I'm about to go and speak to some people at a conference and the subject of guns is going to come up, and I could sure use some help tracking down some information.
I remember reading a Gallup poll a while back (pretty sure it was on the Gallup site) and it showed some stats that really impacted me.
It was talking about attitudes among people who identify themselves as "conservatives" versus people who identify themselves as "liberals." (At least, I think those were the categories.)
Anyway, what it seemed to say was that about 30% of conservatives think gun control shouldn't be any looser, and 30% of liberals think it shouldn't be any tighter.
I was really struck by this, because it goes against the grain of the usual "us versus them" mentality.
Anyway, I'm trying to find the thing again, and I can't. I've been looking through the Gallup website, and I'm finding loads of gun stuff, but not this particular poll. I figured I probably heard of it here on TFL, but I searched "Gallup" and I haven't been able to find it here, either.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Do you know where to find it? Sorry for being such a lame researcher. Your help would be really appreciated.