Survey: Americans Blame School Shooting on Government, Not Guns

**scruff** · February 27th, 2018, 11:03 PM

Survey: Americans Blame School Shooting on Government, Not Guns
by AWR HAWKINS 27 Feb 2018
http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...ment-not-guns/

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that Americans blame government rather than guns for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
According to Rasmussen, 54% of Americans believe government failure is to “blame for the mass shooting.” Only 33% of Americans blame guns. Eleven percent of Americans say they are unsure what contributed to the occurrence of the mass shooting.

When the sample group was adjusted so as to focus only on Americans “who have children of elementary or secondary school age,” the percentage of Americans who cite government failure as causal jumped to 61 and the percentage who blamed guns dropped to 23.

**Emptymag** · February 27th, 2018, 11:08 PM

**Sgt.K** · February 28th, 2018, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

It shouldn't, but this made me smile...

**Didnotcomply89** · February 28th, 2018, 05:42 AM

I am not necessarily sure what each individual defines as 'failure by the government', but in the context of not protecting our kids? I have been saying it for years. When will we grow up and talk about how our kids are more important to us than sports teams and our money? Apparently right after all the firearms are confiscated.

**esh21167** · February 28th, 2018, 07:41 AM

But how much of that 54% blames the government because it allows civilians to possess such scary rifles?

**Berncly** · February 28th, 2018, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by scruff

I like this thread just for the picture :P

Seriously though, I see these kinds of numbers in other polls.
Basically the constant 30%+- that blames everything on guns is the Liberal base answering the poll the same way in almost every poll like this that I see.
Everybody else that doesn't relegate their mind to sitting in the corner sniffing glue disagrees with the Liberal base.
Liberals are a minority movement, if everyone would just vote the Liberals would have zero power to make the important decisions that mature grown ups should be making.