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Originally Posted by 13ball
Obviously, but saying that "the government requires individual citizens to gather the private info of any prospective buyer" is going to sway responses in the other direction. What's a reasonable way to word the question?
"Would you support or oppose a law requiring background checks on people buying guns at gun shows or online?"
gets 83% support. But that's Quinnipiac and I don't recall how good they are. Seems like a neutral way to word it, though.
The simple fact is the NRA isn't some super powerful entity that is keeping wildly popular bills from passing. The support for what is delightfully termed for universal background checks simply isn't that high when put into what the program actually is. The support is also pretty shallow.
I think the best way to come at this question are more strict/less strict/just right polls, because poll questions like: "As you may know, the Senate recently rejected a proposal to require background checks on people buying guns at gun shows and online."
Are laughably bad.