Attitudes Towards Guns
Attitudes toward gun control-
Before the Civil War only a small portion of the population owned guns. In fact, only about twenty percent owned a gun. They were expensive and largely inaccurate to use, not to mention the scarcity for gun powder. However, after the civil war culture began changing. The war had massively increased the production of firearms and America didn't want all their investment in the gun industry to go to waste so they began producing inexpensive firearms for Americans to purchase. In early America, most Americans didn't have much of an opinion on gun laws or ownership. The majority of people seemed not to care as it didn't have a huge affect on them.
However, in most regions now people favor restrictions on guns, and in almost every region the percentage that favor gun control is higher than the percentage that own guns. New England in particular favors gun control far more than any other region of the United States. In many situations in the Northeast, the majority of people favor restriction on concealed carry licenses, federal monitoring of safety regulation, and bans on certain weapons. A poll by CBS asked if Americans generally supported stricter gun laws and about 54% said they did at the beginning of 2013. That number was up from about 39% before the Newtown and Aurora shootings.
Before the Civil War only a small portion of the population owned guns. In fact, only about twenty percent owned a gun. They were expensive and largely inaccurate to use, not to mention the scarcity for gun powder. However, after the civil war culture began changing. The war had massively increased the production of firearms and America didn't want all their investment in the gun industry to go to waste so they began producing inexpensive firearms for Americans to purchase. In early America, most Americans didn't have much of an opinion on gun laws or ownership. The majority of people seemed not to care as it didn't have a huge affect on them.
However, in most regions now people favor restrictions on guns, and in almost every region the percentage that favor gun control is higher than the percentage that own guns. New England in particular favors gun control far more than any other region of the United States. In many situations in the Northeast, the majority of people favor restriction on concealed carry licenses, federal monitoring of safety regulation, and bans on certain weapons. A poll by CBS asked if Americans generally supported stricter gun laws and about 54% said they did at the beginning of 2013. That number was up from about 39% before the Newtown and Aurora shootings.