"Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons?"
Date Should Should Not Difference
3/91 43% 53% 10%
3/93 42 54 12
4/99 38 59 21
10/04 36 63 27
10/07 30 68 38
Difference -13 +15 28
This is always good to see.
Hopefully the Supreme Court would move in the same direction, and besides striking down gun-bans at all levels of government, also make clear once and for all that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies to individuals (i.e. American citizens) -not only to government-created bodies like the National Guard and the regular military.
