The following article by John Sides was posted on the Washington Post website March 9, 2018:
Frustration is boiling over on both ends of the political spectrum at the inability to stop mass shootings, but many still can’t agree on a path forward. (Video: Jenny Starrs/Photo: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., the activism of the students at is uncertain, the Florida state legislature on Wednesday passed a bill to impose a three-day waiting period for most purchases of long guns, raise the minimum age for purchasing those weapons to 21, and allocate funds to improve school security and train and arm school employees.
Now, a new poll shows what both American adults and teenagers feel about measures like those in the Florida bill. The poll was conducted online by the firm SurveyMonkey from Feb. 26 through March 5. In total, 20,975 adults were interviewed along with 733 teenagers. (Further information about SurveyMonkey’s methodology is here, and more details are below.) Continue reading “New poll: Most teenagers and adults think arming teachers is dangerous, favor minimum age for buying assault rifles”