Morning Jolt: The Public Likes Tax Cuts, Worries About Mental Health, and Is Divided on Gun Control

Let's start off the week with some surprising poll numbers. For starters, despite a near-unanimous tone of media coverage praising the old Assault Weapons Ban and pointing to it as the solution to mass shootings, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds Americans are about evenly split on the idea.

But Americans are roughly split on this proposal, with 50 percent in support and 46 percent opposed, a stark contrast from the 80 percent support for the ban in 1994, the year it was enacted. The current level of support is little different from 51 percent in 2016.

Also. . .

A slight 51 percent majority of parents with children under 18 who live at home say the Florida shooting could have been prevented if teachers were able to carry firearms, compared with 38 percent of Americans without young children. There is a smaller parental divide in support for banning assault weapons, a policy ...

February 20 2018

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The Public Likes Tax Cuts, Worries About Mental Health, and Is Divided on Gun Control Jim Geraghty Let's start off the week with some surprising poll numbers. For starters, despite a near-unanimous tone of media coverage praising the old Assault Weapons Ban and pointing to it as the solution to mass shootings, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds Americans are about evenly split on the idea. But Americans are roughly split on this proposal, with 50 percent in support and 46 percent opposed, a stark contrast from the 80 percent support for the ban in 1994, the year it was enacted. The current level of support is little different from 51 percent in 2016. Also. . . A slight 51 percent majority of parents with children under 18 who live at home say the Florida shooting could have been prevented if teachers were able to carry firearms, compared with 38 percent of Americans without young children. There is a smaller parental divide in support for banning assault weapons, a policy ... Read More Top Stories Belgian Euthanasia Corruption Exposed Wesley Smith For those with eyes to see, let them... More Lousy University Policies (Not Title IX-Related This Time) George Leef More Lousy University Policies (Not Title IX-Related This Time) ADVERTISEMENT Houston, We Have a Conference Jack Fowler Dallas, too. On Tuesday, March 6 (Big D), and Wednesday, March 7 (Houston), the NR gang will be in Texas as part of National Review Institute's cross-country "Remembering William F. Buckley Jr."... A Qualified Defense of FBI Director Christopher Wray Jim Geraghty It's not like the FBI Director himself is working the tip... Let the Kids Talk — but That's Not the End of Any Debate Dan McLaughlin Pushing distraught teenagers to the forefront of a public-policy debate is tawdry and... John Kasich: Forget That the NRA Endorsed Me in 2014! Jim Geraghty Since his 2016 presidential run, Ohio governor John Kasich has reversed himself on gun-control... ADVERTISEMENT Photo Essays Photographing Lincoln North Korean Cheerleaders ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.