>>You see like I'd say the majority of Canadians I'm for gun control. Buuut I'm opened to understand why you guys really think that you should all have guns. I understand that in some way it's better to have protection just in case but from that point where does it stop? Hmm scary to say the least.
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>I just want to point out that it's a small group that thinks all Americans should or do have guns. While that may be true in rural areas and maybe some others, there are large areas where most people do not have guns and don't want them. The pro-gun people are noisy about it.
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Strange verbage. 'All Americans should or do have guns' is a strange statement. Do you have any surveys to support that statement? I haven't seen one. Whether most Americans own a gun or not should have no bearing on whether or not it should be banned, controlled, or restricted. The question is should the gun control laws be stricter or not and should guns be banned? Most polls don't accurately reflect how many households have guns, but rather take the number of weapons and divide by the number of households which results in a false percentage. It is unknown how many households have guns.

However, when it comes to gun control laws it is closer to a majority. A survey in 2004 (see 2007 survey below it):

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=471

These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,408 adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive® between May 10 and 17, 2004.

The main findings of the survey are:

A modest 52% majority favors stricter gun control, with 22% wanting less strict control and 20% wanting no change.

A slightly larger 57% majority favors stricter laws relating to the control of handguns, with 18% favoring less strict laws and 19% wanting no change.

By 29% to 25% a modest plurality thinks President George Bush would be better on the gun control issue than Senator John Kerry, but 22% see no difference, and 24% are not sure.

Small and equal proportions (23%) prefer a Republican-controlled and a Democratically-controlled Congress on the gun control issue. Most people see no difference (31%) or are not sure (24%).
Republicans and Democrats hold very different views on gun control. A 71% to 11% majority of Democrats favors stricter gun control, whereas Republicans are split 35% to 35%. A 65% to 7% majority of Republicans think President Bush would handle the issue better than Senator Kerry, while a 45% to 6% plurality of Democrats believes the opposite.


The Pew Research Center did a survey in 2007 which showed that the majority (55%) were against a ban on handguns. Yet 60% favor control over the ownership of guns. I think that is more accurate. Most I know, even hunting enthusiasts, favor control of gun ownership, but not a ban on gun ownership.

http://people-press.org/report/321/little-boost-for-gun-control-or-agreement-on-causes