{"id":3618,"date":"2009-12-20T23:57:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T03:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2009-12-20T23:57:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T03:57:34","slug":"frank-luntz-produces-something-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/12\/20\/frank-luntz-produces-something-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Luntz Produces Something Interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Luntz has an obvious talent, but it’s so often been used to such appalling ends (“death tax”, “government run healthcare”, etc.) that I don’t often look twice when I see his name.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 However, he’s a gun-for-hire at heart, and he has occasionally crossed into unfamiliar territory to produce something interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 Looks like he’s recently done that<\/a>, on the subject of guns:<\/p>\n

Mr. Luntz queried 832 gun owners, including 401 card-carrying N.R.A. members, in a survey commissioned by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the alliance of hundreds of executives seeking stronger gun laws. In flat rebuttal of N.R.A. propaganda, the findings showed that 69 percent of N.R.A. members supported closing the notorious gun-show loophole that invites laissez-faire arms dealing outside registration requirements.<\/p>\n

Even more members, 82 percent, favored banning gun purchases to suspects on terrorist watch lists who are now free to arm. And 69 percent disagreed with Congressionally imposed rules against sharing federal gun-trace information with state and local police agencies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t think that’s dispositive of anything, but it sure is interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 I think the continuing public conversation over gun ownership and what it means would be well served by less insane NRA fearmongering<\/a> and more intelligent engagement of the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank Luntz has an obvious talent, but it’s so often been used to such appalling ends (“death tax”, “government run healthcare”, etc.) that I don’t often look twice when I see his name.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 However, he’s a gun-for-hire at heart, and he has occasionally crossed into unfamiliar territory to produce something interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 Looks like he’s recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-politics","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t