Study: Latinos More Likely To Favor Strict Gun Control
(Editor’s note: This story was first published in Huffington Post on 4/26/12)
By Huffington Post Latino Voices
The survey found that 57 percent of whites “say it is more important to protect the rights of Americans to own guns” while “just 37 percent say it is more important to control gun ownership.”
Latinos responded very differently. Just 29 percent of Latinos said that it is more important to protect gun ownership rights, than it is to control gun ownership.African American opinions fell in the middle of the two groups, with 35 percent of subjects answering that it is more important to protect the rights of Americans to own guns.
Latinos and blacks are also disproportionately the victims of gun violence — often…
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This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
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