A new national poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates for the Second Amendment Foundation reveals a majority of American voters believe incoming President Donald Trump and a Republican majority in Congress will better protect Second Amendment rights than Democrats.
Trump won election to a second term in November, and the “gun vote” has been credited for helping make that possible. American gun owners have been under attack from the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration literally since the two were sworn into office in January 2017. During Biden’s term, his administration created the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which is viewed by the firearms community as a taxpayer-funded gun control lobbying office headquartered inside the White House. Trump is expected to disband and close down that office immediately after being sworn in next month.
According to McLaughlin’s poll results, 76 percent of voters believe it is important to appoint judges to the federal courts who will “make it a priority to strictly follow the Second Amendment.” Only 15 percent say it is not important at all.
McLaughlin started the poll on Dec. 11, contacting 1,000 American voters.
“The McLaughlin poll asked five pertinent questions about gun rights,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb, “and the results affirm what we’ve known all along. Trump’s return to the White House in January, coupled with GOP control on Capitol Hill, bodes well for rights which the current administration has tried to trample for the past four years.”
Trump’s November victory also saw Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate, where judicial appointments are confirmed.
“Americans continue to cherish their Second Amendment Rights as the results of our recent national survey clearly show,” said Jim McLaughlin, CEO of the famous polling firm. “Overwhelming majorities of voters want their political leaders in Washington to defend Second Amendment rights (77%). Furthermore, three out of four voters (76%) say it is important to nominate and confirm judges to the federal courts who will make it a priority to strictly follow the Second Amendment and nearly two-in-three voters (63%) think President Donald Trump will make it a priority to protect and defend the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners. It is safe to say that Americans are clearly excited about the results of the November elections and the rights of gun owners remain very important to voters.”
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“This survey underscores the prevailing public perception that Democrats have become the ‘party of gun prohibition’,” Gottlieb said in a prepared statement. “The numbers also justify SAF’s commitment to defend the Second Amendment in our various court challenges, winning firearms freedom one lawsuit at a time.”
