{"id":1191231,"date":"2022-01-05T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191231"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:34:30","slug":"poll-americans-do-not-believe-strict-gun-laws-are-curbing-retail-crime-surge-in-major-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-americans-do-not-believe-strict-gun-laws-are-curbing-retail-crime-surge-in-major-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Americans Do Not Believe Strict Gun Laws Are Curbing Retail Crime Surge in Major Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-americans-do-not-believe-strict-gun-laws-are-curbing-retail-crime-surge-in-major-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191231&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP_20152730548200-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Americans do not believe that strict gun laws are properly addressing the rise in retail crime in major cities, a Convention of States Action\/Trafalgar Group survey released Wednesday found.<\/p>\n<p>The survey asked respondents, \u201cDo you believe that the strict gun laws in most major cities are making the current retail crime surge better or worse?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Overall, a plurality, or 47.1 percent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/COSA-National-GunLaws-Poll-Report.pdf\">said<\/a> they are making \u201cno difference.\u201d Over one-third, 37.3 percent, said the laws are making it \u201cworse,\u201d while 15.6 percent say \u201cbetter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A majority of Republicans, 54.6 percent, said the gun laws are making the crime \u201cworse,\u201d but a majority of Democrats (53.8 percent) and independents (50.7 percent) said it makes \u201cno difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, just 30.1 percent of Democrats believe the laws are making the situation better, but only 7.3 percent of Republicans and 9.8 percent of independents share that view.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, taken December 17\u201321, 2021, among 1,076 respondents, has a margin of error of +\/- 2.99 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki bragged about the executive action the president took last year to \u201cstop gun violence,\u201d but she failed to mention the dozen Democrat-run cities that broke their annual homicide records last year.&nbsp;The list includes Indianapolis, Indiana; Portland, Oregon; Rochester, New York; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> took more executive action to stop gun violence than any President has ever taken in their first year. Yesterday, the Administration built upon this with two important steps to keep guns safely secure and help gun dealers follow the law:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CC1Hkn8nbs\">https:\/\/t.co\/CC1Hkn8nbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1478397807526649856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chicago has also witnessed the most homicides it has seen in over two decades, while it continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/12\/12\/lightfoot-chicago-smash-grab-steals-1-million-merchandise-exotic-dealership\/\">deal<\/a> with smash and grab thieves, some of whom stole up to $1 million in merchandise from the Gold Coast Auto Gallery last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans do not believe that strict gun laws are properly addressing the rise in retail crime in major cities, a Convention of States Action\/Trafalgar Group survey released Wednesday found. 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