Poll: Does Thursday's Minneapolis Shooting Show a Need for More Gun Restrictions?
With five dead after a workplace shooting in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood, we're wondering how Twin City area residents feel about gun ownership vs. public-safety concerns.
Editor's note: This is an update of a poll that first appeared this summer, after the Aurora, CO, movie theater shooting. The massacre at Columbine High School. The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The violence at Virginia Tech. The rampage at a theater in Aurora, CO. And now, the Twin Cities area has a tragedy of its own: The Thursday afternoon deaths of five people, including the shooter—apparently a man who had just lost his job at the firm where the violence took place. Incidents of gun violence often dominate the news, and after every such incident, the debate begins anew: Should federal and state governments make it more difficult for people to get their hands on guns? The issue tends to divide Americans right down the middle; in…
rob_h78
11:08 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
I think when people go into a gun show they are aware that guns will be around so I don't see a reason for more controls on them other than background checks for sales. IMHO - we should not penalize gun dealers who own stores and sell guns in a gun store with having to do background checks and not have the same rule for gun shows. more ›