GUN CONTROL SUPPORT AT NEW LOW - AT 9:35 A.M. ET:  From The Politico:

The heavy coverage of mass shootings in Binghamton, N.Y., North Carolina, Washington state and the cop killings in Pittsburgh has had little apparent effect on the nation's appetite for new gun laws.

A Gallup Poll out this morning shows support for a ban on private hand gun ownership at an all time low, with 29 percent of respondents saying they support such a law. It's the smallest percentage since Gallup started asking this question 50 years ago. Interestingly, gun control advocacy hit its all time high in 1959, according to this poll. It's important to note that the poll was taken before the massacre in Binghamton, but other mass shootings have been in the news for a few weeks.

The poll may show why virtually nobody in Congress is rolling out new gun control legislation.

COMMENT:  There has also been a run on ammunition and guns in some parts of the country.  It seems that many people predict a period of danger and instability, possibly because of the economy, possibly because of fear of Obama.

People generally understand, I think, that gun control cannot prevent the kind of senseless killings we've seen in the last week.  The mass murderer is not going to be held back by laws. 

April 8, 2009