{"id":68321,"date":"2018-10-23T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=68321"},"modified":"2018-10-22T20:54:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T01:54:44","slug":"as-you-watch-the-next-round-of-nra-bashing-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=68321","title":{"rendered":"As You Watch The Next Round Of NRA-Bashing Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of American citizens in a Gallup poll <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/243860\/snapshot-majority-oppose-ban-assault-rifles.aspx\">oppose banning &#8220;assault weapon<\/a>s&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%. The latest data provide <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/243797\/six-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&amp;g_medium=TOPIC&amp;g_campaign=item_&amp;g_content=Six%2520in%252010%2520Americans%2520Support%2520Stricter%2520Gun%2520Laws\">further evidence<\/a> that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Views on the issue are, expectedly, sharply divided along political lines.<\/p>\n<p>They are even more sharply divided along the lines of logical aptitude. Although Gallup didn&#8217;t measure that, in particular\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of American citizens in a Gallup poll oppose banning &#8220;assault weapons&#8221;. The current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%. The latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-victim-disarmament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68326,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68321\/revisions\/68326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}