Gov. Cuomo should be tried as an accessory to murder in every NY gun related murder trial for failure to keep guns out of the hands of the murderer(s)...

#1) I'm sure the poll was conducted in a big city, which means the respondants are naturally predisposed to be stupid.

2) I'm anxiously awaiting all the great legislation that should be coming along any day now to address the revolving doors on our prisons and the lack of mental health facilities.

So sad to see the ignorance of all you anti gun haters.

I realize your incompetence at not understanding the fact that these mechanical devices dont think for themselves.

The gun was used as a tool to gain independence from the tyranny of england.

The gun was used to protect us from Hilter and other dictatorships.

We use guns everyday in foreign countries to kill unarmed people.

Gangbangers have not just assault weapons, but uzis,grenades, etc.

This is the number one reason I have them!

And I'm keepin them, you don't like it, then come get'm!

If you're disarmed, or forced to become a criminal by these laws they want to pass.

It makes it easier to justify their actions. Next the spending and debt crisis will spin even more out of control, you end up with poverty stricken defenseless people.

I prefer to fight to take our country back from these corrupt money driven bastards that have taken control of our government!

You can go back to your cell phone,tablet driven utopian life and when the sht hits the fan, go in the corner and piss all over yourself!!

Common sense gun control is one thing. Being a dictator and running the country with Executive Orders is another. Let's all have some common sense gun control and common sense about presidential powers. Time to impeach the president for undermining congress, usurping the Constitution, and in general being wrong.

Something wrong when there are stronger background check requirements for adopting a kitten from a shelter than there for purchasing a glock,

the NRA considers presenting a driver's license a background check. at least that's their argument for gun shows.

In all seriousness, some of the pro gun people who are posting do sound dangerously delusional. They express hatred for the government. They are sure that every bit of news is somehow manufactured of staged or part of a conspiracy. Yes. They do frighten me. They are clearly unstable. They should probably be getting some kind of treatment.

But there are plenty of people who own guns who are normal and sane. Their gun ownership doesn't threaten me at all. But criminals are getting their guns from those people who buy guns through normal channels and then resell them without background checks or any kind of registration or transfer of ownership. Or they leave their guns unsecured and criminals steal them. At the very least, we need background checks for every sale, whether it be from a gun shop or a private owner or a gun show. And legitimate gun owners need to provide proof that their guns are properly secured and safe from burglary and theft. If those things are done, the guns will not be so likely to fall into the hands of the criminals and the gangbangers.

I was recently in a home where a man had a collection of approximately eight to ten long guns. He had been a hunter. The guns were displayed in a glass case in full view of anyone who came in the front door. There was no gun safe, no trigger guards. I could have walked over and taken them myself. That is how guns end up in the hands of criminals. The owner of those guns had dementia. He was probably 90 years old. It is extremely unlikely that he could have prevented me from taking those guns, never mind a young, vicious criminal. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Guns don't just materialize in the hands of a criminal. They get them from someone, either the original owner or the thief that stole them. That is what we need to stop. I would think that every responsible gun owner alive would want the same thing. If you cut down on gun crime, the arguments in favor of keeping your guns would hold up a lot better.

Cowardly girlymen need lots and lots of guns to make themselves feel safe.

They become panicky at the thought of sleeping without them, just like a child without his blankie.

comrade obama is now the most successful gun and ammo sales person in America!!!!

The right wingers won't pay any attention to these polls, they got their own poll, the same polsters that said rumney was going to be the next president. The talking heads on the right are good at blowing smoke, most of them are all talk, no action. One thing I can say about the right wing nuts jobs, they got a lot of talking heads, empty heads but talkative none the less. In the words of my forth grade teacher.."A empty wagon sure do make a lot of noise".......I still remember that, Hehehehe.....I was in the forth grade in the sixties.

I guess the 12% nayers still want to have deadly, rapid-fire assault weapons to bring down ferocious rabbits and ducks!??

I hope there is a God and all you hypocrites burn for eternity. The very same anti-gun clowns stand up and cheer that almost ONE MILLION potential children are murdered in the womb every year.

I never have a problem with someone who has an opinion different than mine, but hypocrites are nothing but scum. Why is it you clowns can only rant about guns but talking about the root problem is never up for discussion? All these mass murderers share one thing in common. They come from dysfunctional families.

No that's to difficult a subject. Much easier for the idiots here to blame everything on guns. Drunk driving kills more people per year than guns but no talk about breathalyzers mandatory in every car.

Well, you sheep can whine and belly ache all you want but let me remind you about something. There are more of us with guns than you could possibly know. The mulatto president can threaten all he wants tomorrow. Circumvent the constitution and the second amendment will bring that would be king down.

Assault rifles were already banned in Conn. So what good would this do? We had a ban from 1994-2004, didn't Columbine happen during this time? If someone is evil enough to want to kill kids then they will do it. Remember, criminals don't follow the law. Any ban will only hurt the law abiding citizens.

What the public buys as assault weapons are not true assault weapons but semi-automatic weapons made to look like military assault rifles in order to increase sales. The problem is not so much with the rifle as it is with the size of the magazine so banning so called assault weapons is just a feel good do nothing effort. I don't believe that rights should over shadow responsibility, I have no problem with our trained men and women who have served our country in the military having or carrying guns as long as they are not suffering from disabilities that would make them a threat. I believe the best gun control is training, testing and licensing. Once trained, tested and licensed I believe the gun owner should be able to carry their weapon at all times. I also believe there should be a certain amount of proficiency, nothing scares me more then a gun owner that has never shot a gun or even knows how to maintain it. I see far too many people that have guns that shouldn't. I have owned and carried a gun for over 30 years and have never had a problem but too many people I see with guns scare the hell out of me. That is why I believe in training, testing and licensing, we have age limits we also should have knowledge and ability limits. Unfortunately it is the few totally irresponsible gun owners and nutcases that make it bad for all the responsible gun owners. All my guns other then the one I carry are always clean, unloaded, trigger locked and in a safe, the last thing I want is someone to break into my house and shoot me with one of my own guns. The power of the people in the US is the vote not guns if we don't trust our leaders then we only have ourselves to blame by putting them in office and keeping them there. Besides anyone who thinks they can go up against the US military with their pea shooters is delusional.

This just in from Lap Dogierre of the NRA..

America needs sniper towers every two blocks. A populous under the gun, is a safe populous.

85% to 15% is a very healthy margin, one wide enough that if we voted for our own laws that a Constitutional Amendment would pass. But, oh no, we can't have any gun control, next thing you know they would be telling us what medicines we can legitimately take and who we can marry...oops, the 15% in the group against gun control ARE the ones who decided what medications we can take and who we can marry...what a bunch of neo-fascists in American freedom-flag-waving clothing.

To all who think that the NRA is in the pockets of the gun manufacturer, there seems to be some reason for doubt. FactCheck.org seems to think it's not quite so. http://factcheck.org/2013/01/do-assault-weapons-sales-pay-nra-salaries/

Something else I was wonder about, why haven't the gun safe and firearms safety device manufacturers jumped at this win-win opportunity? If they started a unified advertising campaign to encourage gun owners to buy gun safes (maybe even have a sale), the manufacturers and retailers could make a pile of money, guns would get locked up, and people who shouldn't have guns would have a more difficult time obtaining them.

It seems like a natural market solution for reducing the number of times criminals, the mentally unstable, and children shoot people.

How many of you participated in this poll? This is the first I've heard of it.

Here's the catch about 'majorities' when we are talking about rights. A majority does NOT overcome the rights of an individual!! Here is an example - years ago, our high school class wanted to have God mentioned in our class motto (please hold the God doesn't exist debate for another time :-). However, one student, an atheist, objected. Because we had to uphold his 'rights', even though everyone else voted for it, we could not have God mentioned in our class motto. Clearly against the rights of the majority!! Want another example? How about this minority group called LGBT? Are we to NOT recognize their rights because they are a minority?? Sorry - we can't have it both ways when it comes to the wants/needs of the majority.

Take a better look at this survey. They polled 1500 people. That's a pretty small sample. Can 1500 people speak for the entire nation? where was this poll taken? New York? a city? rural? Too small a sample and too little information from a relatively unknown pollster to take this seriously.

my second amendment right cannot be infringed. the president does not have the executive powers to eliminate, change or modify any amendment. but, I say let him and we the people will call for impeachment proceedings immediately.

as far as no need for these type of rifles for citizen use, i have a different take on the issue

as a disabled vet my injuries will not let me shoulder a regularly configured rifle due to the recoil and sight arangement. the ar-15 has a long spring in the stock that absorbs that recoil to the point that I can handle it, as well as a sight that is elevated high enough above the stock where I can still sight without having to lay my cheek along the stock. I presume that if I lived in a city with law enforcement close enough to respond to my call for assistance with predators then I may have a different view of the type of gun i could use.

I am very thankful that that particular rifle was created. otherwise there would be a problem out here in the real world away from a concrete jungle where the law is half an hour away, some shots are far enough away that a pistol will not get the job done and you only have yourself to rely on for protection and predator control.(not all predators are two legged).

there has to be common sense solutions without taking away and or restricting a very fine and effective tool such as the ar-15.

WAKE UP! This assualt weapon BS is an AGENDA! You can do more damge with 2 9mm pistols than you can with an AR15 and a 30 round clip. This is STUPID America. A total move in the wrong direction.

I can hide 4 handguns in my pants. Can I hide an AR? Of course not.

You have to ask yourself why they're taking this direction. It is foolish!

Ask a doctor if he'd rather patch up a round from an AR or a shotgun. Ever see a shotgun wound?

72% of all gun deaths last year were by handguns. 4% by rifles.

This is no different than 9/11. 19 terrorist were Saudi Arabian and we attacked Iraq. The Sandy Hook massacre was done with 2 9mm pistols. And now they want to attack assualt weapons?

This is just an AGENDA. How can people not see it?

ARs are designed to be used at stand off range, not for close quarters battle. A long barrel is for long distance. Jeez! Americans really need to WAKE UP!!!

STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!!!

You know I always find the jabs at the NRA fascinating. The NRA only exists because a lot of people pay dues and send contributions. About 1/3 of all households have firearms (down from the 1/2 of the late 70s I understand), which amounts to about 100 million citizens. The polls say 55% favor a ban on "assault" weapons. I wonder how "assault weapons" are defined in the poll, but more importantly, I think it's a good assumption that the majority of that majority are not gun owners. All of this tells me that there is a very committed minority of Americans who believe they have the right and maybe even the obligation to own and maintain firearms. I certainly believe so. The NRA has put forth plenty of suggestions for keeping firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill; the government simply cannot put together the collective will to implement any of them. Background checks are useless if the information isn't there, hence the need for mental health professionals to report problems. Mentally ill persons who have never been in the system will never show up on the background check, hence Lautner. Nothing will change that, certainly not requiring private individuals to perform background checks before selling their rifle/pistol/shotgun to someone else. The facts are that there is no "loophole" regarding gun show sales. There is simply no way presently for persons who are not federally licensed gun dealers to obtain background information. If there were, which or you would like me to have that information at my fingertips? The unfortunate fact is that nothing short of confiscation, of ALL FIREARMS, will actually have any real short term effect on gun violence. Long term it will just make other forms of violence more prevalent. Only a commitment to public health, which means MONEY, will make any real difference. Right now in Arizona a mentally ill person will be checked in, medicated, stabilized and released, not to be seen or helped until he or she does something else, maybe something violent. In the end, preventing me or you from owning a lightweight, rugged, easy to care for rifle which shoots a small, relatively inexpensive round (ie: an AR) or making high capacity magazines incredibly expensive by limiting their supply simply will have no useful effect and will certainly impair my 2nd Amendment rights. Frankly, any debate concerning firearms which starts with "why does anyone need..." will go nowhere. The parties to the discussion are already so diametrically opposed that no middle ground exists. Are you willing to start the discussion of 1st Amendment rights with "why does any need the right to call the President names?" I'm not willing to have that discussion.

It's incredibly sad to me just how willing people are to follow absurdity. Standing in your pretend glass house of perfection and pushing your "more control" and misinformed views on the brainless that are brainless enough to listen.

At what point does "logic" come in to play? Based on the 600+ comments above, not any time soon. Instead the sheep will continue to follow down the path of being led into a world that no longer has freedoms. Laugh, I know. I'm laughing at your comments and brainlessness just the same.

Believe it or not you morons, there are actually intelligent people in this big scary world that respect safety and guns. There are also people that use guns for sport, many of these people are actually brilliant, with successful businesses, families and social units. (Not all bald headed white freaks on YouTube as one sheep above bellowed).

If nothing else, do your future family members a favor, better yet show a little respect and do a little homework. More people are killed each year by moronic drivers than by guns, throw knives in that mix too. Oh yeah, and in the same fashion that guns can be used by unstable whack jobs to hurt innocent people, things like fertilizer, and chlorine can be used by those same individuals to blow up massive buildings and kill hundreds. Fact check: Timothy Mcveigh.

Psychopaths are everywhere and as Jeffrey Dahmer (drills and formaldehyde) and Ted Bundy (ropes, knives and charm) have proven before, THEY DON'T NEED GUNS TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK.

I completely respect the fact that most of you in the comments above believe that alarm systems and a broom can protect your family. I completely respect that you hate firearms and they scare you. I also completely... DON"T CARE. Live and die how you choose, but don't run around looking to control others that are perfectly fine in control of themselves.

If you fear a madman, fear the newly reelected King that continues to drive the country into a larger pit of $hit, while setting all of the sheep willing to pile up behind him, up for even more of a beat down.

Ok, rip me a new one. haha

Here's another survey -

It's a slightly larger sample than "1,504 adults."