on April 20, 2015 in World News
Media Focused on Crime Backfires, Americans Resist Gun Control
Media Focused on Crime Backfires, Americans Resist Gun Control On April 17, Pew Research published an analysis on the shift in public opinion whereby a clear majority of Americans support gun rights over gun control for the first time in more 20 years. Part of this analysis focuses on how the media has reported — and perhaps over-reported – crime in order to frighten Americans into supporting more government intervention via gun control. In so doing, the media inadvertently contributed to the success of the very pro-Second Amendment movement they hoped to topple. On December 10 Breitbart News reported Pew’s… View Article
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