Survey Showing Law Enforcement Overwhelmingly Oppose Obama’s Gun Control Proposals

From The Blaze.com (April 10):

Law enforcement personnel in the United States overwhelmingly disagree with the controversial gun control measures being debated in Washington and across the country, according to a new survey [pdf] released by PoliceOne.

A law enforcement website with more than 1.5 million unique visitors per month and 400,000 registered members, PoliceOne asked more than 15,000 verified active and retired law enforcement personnel more than 20 questions about how they believe stricter gun control will impact the community.

The participants were spread out across the country, and about 80 percent were current law enforcement, 20 percent former/retired.

Here are some of the results of the survey, which was conducted between March 4 and March 13:

• Nearly 96 percent said that a ban on standard capacity magazines with more than 10 rounds would not reduce violent crime
• More than 81 percent said that “gun buy-backs” do not reduce gun violence.
• Nearly 80 percent said that a ban on private transfers of firearms between law-abiding citizens would not reduce violent crime.
• 71 percent said that a ban on “assault weapons” would have no impact on reducing violent crime.  20.5 percent said it would actually have a ​negative ​impact.
• More than 70 percent opposed the idea of a national database of legal gun sales.
• More than 76 percent responded with either a 4 or 5 when asked on a scale of 1-5 how important legally armed citizens are to reducing overall crime.

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The police out in the streets more than any other people would know more about gun violence because that is their job. They deal with it almost every day. I hope, but not holding my breath, that politicians would consult the police community before making any rash laws about guns. Or even look at this poll. Or heck even use common sense and make sure any gun law doesn’t violate the 2nd amendment.