57% of Gun owners support AWB and 76% of general public supports ban

CFA SURVEY SHOWS OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF GUN OWNERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORT RENEWING AND STRENGTHENING THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2004
Contacts:
Naomi Seligman
202.628.7772 ext 126

WASHINGTON, DC - A national public opinion poll for the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) finds an overwhelming majority of Americans support renewing and strengthening the ban on semi-automatic assault weapons in the U.S. Both gun owners and the general public overwhelmingly want President Bush to make a strong effort to persuade Congress to extend the ban, which is set to expire in six months if Congress fails to act.

The Senate may take up the ban as soon as tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24, 2004.

"With the Senate likely to take up the assault weapons ban this week, it is critical for Congress to recognize more than two-thirds of all respondents to today's Consumer Federation of America survey and a solid majority of gun owners favor renewing and strengthening the assault weapons ban," Susan Peschin, Firearms Project Director for CFA said today. "Support for strengthening the ban is even greater than simply renewing the ban. This support has grown across the board since we conducted a similar study six months ago."

The survey was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation International. ORCI interviewed a representative sample of more than 1,000 adult Americans from February 18 to 22, 2004. The survey's margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.

Among the key findings of the CFA Assault Weapons Ban survey are the following:

Support Renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban - All respondents 76%, Gun Owners 57% Support Closing the Loopholes.

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The assault weapons ban has nothing to do with machine guns.
The assault weapons ban has nothing to do with machine guns.
The assault weapons ban has nothing to do with machine guns.
The assault weapons ban has nothing to do with machine guns.
The assault weapons ban has nothing to do with machine guns.

I too support the Assault Weapon Ban.

So take that NRA!!!

:puke:

NRA = "Nazi/Racist/Autocrats"