Poll Shows Gun Control Figures Returing to Pre-Sandy Hook Levels
But the president said we all agreed to changes!
The day after last December's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School we wrote that:
"The tragedy in Newtown, Conn., will surely spur pollsters to ask Americans again about guns, gun ownership, gun laws and the Second Amendment.
"If recent experience is a good guide, public opinion may not shift too much."
A week later, the Pew Research Center reported that "the public's attitudes toward gun control have shown only modest change in the wake of last week's deadly shooting."
Then last week, a CBS News poll found that what had appeared to be at least a bit more support for stricter gun laws after the Newtown shootings had dropped since then.
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Why does anyone need to have an AR-15? For the same reason he would need to have a lawyer. For the same reason he would need locks on his doors.