{"id":2110971,"date":"2023-11-29T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-and-its-not-just-republicans-moving-the-needle-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T13:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:20:38","slug":"american-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-and-its-not-just-republicans-moving-the-needle-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-and-its-not-just-republicans-moving-the-needle-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Record high American gun ownership, with bipartisan support: Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Famerican-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-and-its-not-just-republicans-moving-the-needle-poll%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=2110971&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--><h2>Record High\u2064 Gun Ownership in America: Not Just Republicans<\/h2>\n<p>People may not be\u2063 reading magazines anymore, but they are loading them more than ever.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A recent NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/meetthepressblog\/poll-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-american-electorate-rcna126037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> \u2063found that gun ownership \u2062is at its highest level in almost 25 years, with 52 percent of voters either owning\u2063 a gun or \u2063having\u200c one in their household. That is the highest level of recorded gun ownership in the poll\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Harvard <a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HHP_Nov23_KeyResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> \u2064showed that 6 in 10 voters said gun \u200cownership is \u2062necessary for self-defense. A \u200bmajority of every \u200dpolitical affiliation (Republican, Democrat and independent) answered affirmatively \u2064at 77 percent, 54 percent\u200b and 56 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked if crime in their community is getting better, worse or staying \u200cabout the same, 42 percent of voters said worse (only 21 percent said better). A \u200cfull 90 percent said crime is either a \u201cvery serious\u201d \u200bor \u201csomewhat serious\u201d issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The most telling findings came when respondents were asked who they\u2063 blamed\u200c for increasing crime. \u201cWoke politicians\u200b are to blame for rising \u2062crime,\u201d 55 \u2064percent \u200bof respondents said,\u200d while 67\u2063 percent supported \u201cremoving DA\u2019s who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/previously-convicted-felon-arrested-connection-baltimore-tech-ceos-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soft on crime<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This should not come as a shock\u200d to anyone. Even before these polls were released, Americans rewarded the few incumbent officials who \u200cwere\u2064 tough on crime with landslide re-election.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-uses-executive-order-crack-soros-funded-prosecutor-dereliction-duty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended<\/a> two state prosecutors who\u200c were soft on crime and pushed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/stand-your-ground-florida-could-be-expanded-under-desantis-anti-n1247555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand<\/a> \u201cstand\u2062 your ground\u201d laws to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-california-cancels-walgreens-casey-desantis-partners-with-the-company-to-help-needy-floridians\/\" title=\"As California Cancels Walgreens, Casey DeSantis Partners With The Company To Help Needy Floridians\">include private businesses<\/a> after the riots of 2020. Voters responded by handing DeSantis \u200bthe largest electoral victory over a \u2062Democrat \u200cin Florida in over 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>Americans understandably feel threatened from \u200call sides right now. Crime stories have\u200b consistently\u200b driven the news cycle for at least three years.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen high-profile lawmakers get attacked, like former California Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-democratic-senator-attacked-robbed-california-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Boxer<\/a>, Minnesota Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/congresswoman-allegedly-assaulted-washington-dc-suspect-charged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angie Craig<\/a> and Texas Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrat-three-words-carjacked-gunpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Cuellar<\/a>. Just this\u2064 year, \u200bBeyonce\u2019s mother \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-07-10\/beyonces-mom-tina-knowles-lawson-home-burglarized-1-million-jewels-cash-stolen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tina Knowles-Larson<\/a> and rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/drakes-los-angeles-home-reportedly-burglarized-suspect-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drake<\/a> \u200bhad their homes burglarized.<\/p>\n<p>If even the rich and powerful with all their resources are \u2062not safe, America\u2019s Joe Six-Packs must be asking themselves how they can possibly be secure, especially after the successful\u200c efforts to defund the\u200b police in some of America\u2019s largest cities.<\/p>\n<p>These stories come as\u200d terrorism is on the rise again. The FBI recently foiled a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/middle-eastern-national-arrested-texas-police-say-planning-big-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terror attack<\/a> by a\u2062 Jordanian man on American soil. In\u200c 2022, we saw the thwarted jihadi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2022\/05\/24\/exclusive-isis-plotting-to-assassinate-george-w-bush-in-dallas\/?sh=6cec88be180f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination<\/a> of former \u200cPresident George W. Bush and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-synagogue-hostage-suspect-identified-foreign-national-malik-faisal-akram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">siege<\/a> on a synagogue in Colleyville,\u2064 Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how they\u200b may feel about becoming entangled in another foreign war, I suspect many Americans were inspired by the thousands of Ukrainians who took their safety into\u2062 their own hands\u200c and began open-carrying rifles after Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, many recent efforts to expand the ability\u200b of Americans to defend themselves have proved successful.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Iowa, Tennessee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-abbott-set-sign-legislation-allowing-texas-state-police-arrest-deport-illegals-challenge-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>, Montana, \u200cUtah and Wyoming\u200d passed constitutional carry (otherwise\u2064 known as permitless carry)\u200b in 2021. The next year, Alabama, Ohio, Indiana and \u2062Georgia followed suit, with Florida and \u200bNebraska joining in\u200d 2023.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usconcealedcarry.com\/blog\/constitutional-carry-in-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">27 states<\/a> that \u2062authorize citizens to exercise their Second Amendment \u2063rights\u200b with constitutional carry. South Carolina may \u2064soon add to that number, as constitutional carry has passed the state House and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3594&#038;session125&#038;summary=B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awaiting passage<\/a> in the state Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Crime +\u2062 political instability + expanded access + expanded legal protection is probably \u200bwhat\u2063 has fed into the trend of \u2063increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2a-win-federal-court-strikes-restrictive-handgun-law-maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun ownership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It likely explains why, \u201cin the last ten years, we\u2019ve grown [10 points] \u2062 in gun ownership,\u201d as pollster Micah Roberts of Public Opinion Strategies told NBC. \u201cThat\u2019s a very stunning number,\u201d Roberts added.<\/p>\n<p>Americans should be encouraged\u2062 by these \u200bfigures. This a rare bipartisan embrace of a crucial right. It is \u200balways good for Americans to be more secure against both domestic threats and foreign ones.<\/p>\n<p>There is a famous quote \u2014 \u201cYou cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a\u2064 rifle behind each blade of grass\u201d \u2014 that is widely attributed to Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, who\u2064 served Imperial Japan during  <\/p>\n<h2> How do the\u200b perception of increasing crime rates and the\u200c resurgence of terrorism contribute to the rise in gun ownership in America<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Nt events, such as\u200b the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest, have further fueled concerns\u2064 about personal\u200b safety \u2064and the need for self-defense. \u200dThese factors, along with the ongoing political debates on gun control, have contributed to an increase in gun ownership across the\u2062 country.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063NBC News\u2063 poll revealed\u2064 that \u206452 percent of voters either own a \u200cgun or\u200c have\u2062 one \u2064in their \u200dhousehold, \u200bmarking the highest level of recorded gun ownership in almost 25 years. This finding demonstrates that gun ownership is not\u2064 limited to one \u200bparticular political affiliation. In fact, a Harvard poll indicated that a \u2063majority of Republicans, Democrats, and independents \u200d(77 percent, 54 percent, and 56 percent, respectively) believe that \u200dgun ownership is necessary for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>The perception of increasing crime rates also plays a significant role \u200bin \u2064the current surge in gun ownership. \u200dWhen asked about crime in \u2062their community, 42 percent of \u200dvoters said it was getting worse,\u200d while only 21 percent believed it \u2064was getting better. A staggering 90 percent considered crime to be \u200ba\u200c serious issue, with 55 percent \u2062blaming woke politicians for the rise \u2063in crime and 67 percent supporting the removal of district attorneys who\u2062 are perceived to be soft \u2063on crime.<\/p>\n<p>These concerns are not unfounded. Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-lieutenant-governor-asks-taylor-swift-to-postpone-l-a-concerts-to-workers-strike-shes-already-been-to-a-show\/\" title=\"CA Lt. Governor urges Taylor Swift to delay L.A. concerts due to worker strike. She's attended one already.\">high-profile\u200d incidents<\/a>,\u2062 including attacks on lawmakers and burglaries of celebrities&#8217; homes, have heightened \u2064fears about \u2062personal safety. The defunding of police\u200c departments in certain cities has further exacerbated these concerns as Americans \u2062question their ability to secure their lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the resurgence of terrorism adds another layer of anxiety. Recent cases, such as the foiled terror attack by\u2062 a Jordanian man \u200cand the planned assassination of former President George W. Bush, highlight the ongoing threat that citizens \u2062face. \u200bSuch incidents remind Americans of the importance of self-defense and their\u200c right to bear\u200c arms.<\/p>\n<p>In light of these circumstances, it is not surprising that \u200cgun ownership in America \u200dhas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">reached record highs<\/a>. People from all walks of life, regardless \u200bof their political affiliations, recognize \u200dthe need for self-protection. The \u2063increasing prevalence \u200cof guns in society reflects a\u2064 fundamental belief in individual rights and a willingness to take personal responsibility for one&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation grapples with complex issues surrounding gun control and public safety, it is \u2063crucial to understand that the desire \u2062for gun ownership cuts across partisan lines. Future policies and discussions on this subject should take into account the diverse perspectives and concerns of the American people. \u200dUltimately, the goal should \u2063be to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-re-elects-wayne-lapierre-as-ceo\/\" title=\"NRA Re-Elects Wayne LaPierre as CEO\">promote responsible gun ownership<\/a> while ensuring the safety and well-being of all citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun ownership in nearly a quarter of a century, as per a recent NBC News poll. Surprisingly, while magazine readership declines, gun ownership has surged, with 52% of voters possessing a firearm or having one in their home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":2110972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2110971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2110972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2110971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2110971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2110971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}