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Poll: Nation split on gun control By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer
Fri Apr 20, 6:41 PM ET



WASHINGTON - The nation is profoundly split along gender, racial and other lines over gun violence and what the government should do to control it, despite near-universal sorrow over the Virginia Tech shootings, an AP-Ipsos poll has found.

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Women and minorities are far likelier than men and whites to view gun violence as a major problem, to worry about being shot and to want stricter firearms laws, said the survey, which was taken after the killings.

Six in 10 women think gun laws should be toughened, nearly double the proportion for men. Fifty-five percent of minorities favor stricter legal requirements, compared with 44 percent of whites.

"Would you put a sign out on your front lawn saying, 'This is a gun-free house'? That's what you're doing" by restricting guns, said building contractor Charles Clements, a 60-year-old white man who lives in St. Louis.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_ap_poll

[I don't agree with that notion that some liberals have that guns kill, not people. I think there needs to be more gun control i.e. keeping it out of the reach of crazy people, non-citizens and things like that, but 30-40 years ago you didn't have things like Columbine. So what happened?]