In a distinct breakdown along racial lines, a much larger share of black respondents to a new poll believe there should be fewer gun laws, as opposed to whites and Hispanics.
The poll, conducted by Survey USA, asked several questions of Americans after a shooting on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
Perhaps the most interesting of the questions: “Should America have more laws concerning guns? Fewer laws concerning guns? Or just about the right amount of laws concerning guns?”
A large majority of blacks believe there is either the right amount of gun laws, or that there should be fewer, according to the poll.
The survey finds 47% of black respondents believe there should be “fewer” gun laws, while another 27% believe there are “just about the right amount.” That’s 74%. Only 26% of blacks responded that there should be “more” gun laws.
Interestingly, it was almost a mirror opposite among whites.
According to the poll, 50% of white respondents believe there should be “more” gun laws, while 21% said there should be “fewer” and 25% said there is “just the right amount.”
Hispanics, the poll finds, are more strongly in favor of new laws. The survey finds 71% of Hispanics believe there should be “more” gun laws, while just 14% said there should be “fewer” and 12% said there is “just the right amount.”
The Survey USA poll, which was conducted October 2nd, find 33% of respondents said they own a gun, while 61% said they did not. The company did not account for the other 6%, which likely refused to answer.
The poll also found 64% responded the shooting, which left 9 people dead, as well as the gunman, was “not surprising,” while 49% answered “no” when asked whether “Americans [have] become numb to mass shootings.”
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