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\n\n“Sure enough, “Americans’ appetite for gun control is the lowest it has been since 2016,” according<\/a> to Gallup. And while a large majority of Democrats still favor tighter restrictions, support has declined even in that group by five points. New gun owners, along with long-time shooters, are likely to respond to stricter gun laws with prickly defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Previous studies have proposed two sides of gun culture: one focused on recreational use and a second on self-defense. But the new BU study identifies a third mentality, made up of people who view the defense of the Second Amendment as necessary to freedom in the United States,” Boston University (BU) announced<\/a> last summer. “This so-called ‘gun culture 3.0’ has increased the most in states that have strengthened their gun laws to the greatest degree, suggesting it may be triggered by perceived threats on individual liberty by the government.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In states with secure gun rights, owners tend to be non-political and dedicated to recreation and self-defense, the study found. But restrictive laws prompt people to become resistant and to view their firearms as hedges against the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The result is a few million people who are convinced that any genuine firearm violence prevention effort is the first step in a scheme to take away all of their rights and disenfranchise them,” groused Claire Boine, one of the BU researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We saw the results just a few years ago in terms of massive noncompliance with “assault weapon” registration laws in Connecticut<\/a> and New York<\/a>. “Empire State gun owners are largely ignoring one of the signature elements of the watershed legislation,” the New York Daily News<\/em> observed<\/a> in 2015.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Record Gun Sales and Diverse Ownership Mean Rocky Prospects for Restrictions<\/a><\/blockquote>