The defuncted Jackson Sun printed an article that was published in the Tennessean (both owned by the failing newspaper group Gannett) stating the a majority of Tennesseans would support a certain set of regulations in regards to gun safety.
Support among Tennesseans for gun safety reforms such as safe storage requirements and extreme risk protection orders, or red flag laws, has increased in recent months as state legislature’s popularity continues to decline, according to the results of a new Vanderbilt University poll.
The poll results show a significant majority of Tennessee voters polled would support legally requiring gun owners to safely secure their firearms in vehicles and “passing laws that temporarily restrict access to guns for individuals who are at high risk of harming themselves or others.”
The poll found 76% who would strongly or somewhat support both proposals. Only 16% would somewhat or strongly oppose the temporary gun restriction proposal, while 19% would oppose a vehicle safe storage law. A home safe storage law was slightly less popular but still supported by a majority of 68%.
This majority spread across political ideologies, with Vanderbilt finding 72% of “non-MAGA” Republicans, 60% of MAGA Republicans and 63% of respondents who strongly support the National Rifle Association would support a law requiring safe gun storage in cars.
Meanwhile, approval of the state legislature dropped 1 point from Vanderbilt’s spring poll to 42%, the lowest ever recorded by the poll.
The legislature’s dip in popularity comes amid majority support for a number of pressing political issues legislature’s GOP supermajority has repeatedly refused to act on, including the gun safety reforms and policies such as a rape and incest exceptions to Tennessee’s abortion ban
So once again the Gannet news services are fighting the battle for the left to reduce your rights in making a decision in how, where and to what means you store weapons. The left wants your guns… you evil human being. They just decided to go back to the inching their way to it.
