How out of touch about gun rights are they?

Polls show pundits, politicians and press ‘out of touch’ about gun rights

Recent national polls by CNN, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal have revealed that support for new gun control measures is declining in the United States, despite efforts by the Obama administration and its media cheerleaders to demonize guns by sensationalizing recent shooting incidents, and the bloody drug war in northern Mexico.

In April, CNN polling found that 46 percent of Americans say existing gun laws are adequate, and another 15 percent believe they ought to be relaxed, while only 39 percent of those responding want stricter gun laws.

Also last month, an NBC News/WSJ poll revealed that support for restrictions on so-called “assault weapons” had dropped from 75 percent in 1991 to 53 percent today, which may have something to do with the rush on gun shops over the past six months by people buying those guns and case upon case of ammunition for them.

A recent story on National Public Radio said the shortage — as well as a sharp rise in gun sales — coincided with the election of President Obama, fueled by fears his administration would usher in more restrictive gun laws.

In the midst of this, U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah weighed in the other day with opinion piece published on-line by the Main Street Business Journal that takes the press to task for its treatment of gun owners, especially in the Beehive State, but also at the federal level. He was critical of the Department of Homeland Security document, leaked to the public in April, that revealed a depth of paranoia about gun owners and traditional conservatives in the federal agency that should leave the public outraged.

As gun owners are fond of observing, “Don’t trust a government that doesn’t trust its citizens.” Emphasis should be placed on armed citizens who are the target of this mistrust.

Hatch made specific points about the demonization of gun owners and gun rights organizations, particularly the National Rifle Association. In a recent editorial cartoon published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Hatch noted, it was implied that a member of the NRA was responsible for a recent mass shooting, and that gun owners worshipped “at a gun-shaped altar atop a mountain of skulls.”

More at link... Hatch article linked above is good, but not news to us...

They are not out of touch at all. This is the agenda. They cannot overthrow the Constitution as long as we still have guns and are willing to use them. They don't care what the people say or think it is clearly about there agenda.

jackdog wrote:They are not out of touch at all. This is the agenda. They cannot overthrow the Constitution as long as we still have guns and are willing to use them. They don't care what the people say or think it is clearly about there agenda.

What he said!