I-SAINT LEO, FL - Inhlolovo entsha ekhishwe yi-Saint Leo University Polling Institute ibonisa ukuthi amaphesenti angu-60 alabo abahlolwa kuzwelonke bakholelwa ukuthi amalayisense amasha, angeziwe anomkhawulo noma izimvume, kanye nemikhawulo ethile yezibhamu ezithile, njengezikhali zokuhlasela, iyadingeka.
Ebhalansi esele yabantu abadala abangu-1,015 abavotwe ku-inthanethi ngoMashi 13 kuya kuMashi 17, 2016, amaphesenti angama-24.9 athe akumele kube khona okusha, imithethonqubo eyengeziwe noma ukulawulwa kwezibhamu nganoma yisiphi isizathu. Futhi amaphesenti angu-7.6 abaphendulile aveza ukuthi izibhamu akufanele zibe ezangasese.
Abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezingxenye ezintathu kwezine (78.3%) babika ukuthi udaba lokulawulwa kwezibhamu/amalungelo ezibhamu luzoba lukhulu (amaphesenti angama-49.3) noma lubaluleke kakhulu (amaphesenti angama-29) kubo okhethweni lwangoLwezi wezi-2016. Inhlolovo yaseSaint Leo ibonise ukuthi amaphesenti angama-35.1 athi maningi amathuba okuthi asekele umuntu ozongenela ukhetho ngoNovemba 2016, ophikisana nanoma yikuphi okusha, ukulawula okwengeziwe kwezibhamu. Kodwa iqembu elibanzi lisekela amakhandidethi athanda ukulawula okuthile kobunikazi.
Inhlolovo ye-inthanethi efanayo yezakhamizi ezingama-540 eFlorida ikhiqize okufanayo.
"Kuhlale kunokushuba," kusho uDkt. Douglas Astolfi, uprofesa womlando waseSaint Leo kanye nochwepheshe besikhungo sokuvota. "Abantu babonakala bezimisele ukuphila ngokuncishwa izibhamu, kodwa abafuni ukuyeka izibhamu abanazo."
Inhlolovo yeSaint Leo ikhombisa amaphesenti angama-82.8 ngokuqinile futhi ngandlela thize ukuthi amasosha asebenzayo kufanele avumele ukuphatha izibhamu zawo ezisekelweni zamasosha ase-US ngaphakathi kwe-United States. Isibalo esiphezulu sibonisa ukuthi abaphendulile bangase bakhathazeke ngokulandela iphrofayili ephezulu, ukudubula kwabantu abaningi e-Fort Hood, e-Texas, nase-Navy Yard e-Washington, DC, kanye nokuhlaselwa kweziteshi zokuqasha nezokugodla e-Chattanooga, TN.
Ukwesekwa kwemithetho ebizwa ngokuthi i-open-carry imithetho kwakuphezulu njengoba amaphesenti angu-55.1 athi avumelana ngokuqinile noma ngandlela thize ukuthi kufanele kube nemithetho evumela izakhamuzi ezifanelekayo ukuba ziphathe izibhamu obala (ngaphandle nje kwalokho njengezikhungo zokunakekela izingane nezikole). Inhlolovo ikhombisa ukuthi amaphesenti angama-83.7 athe abathengi bezibhamu kufanele futhi bahlolwe isizinda sempilo yengqondo ngaphezu kokuhlolwa kwesizinda sobugebengu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The high figure indicates that respondents may be concerned following high profile, mass shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, and at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC, as well as attacks on recruiting and reserve stations in Chattanooga, TN.
- A new poll released by the Saint Leo University Polling Institute shows that 60 percent of those surveyed nationally believe some new, additional limited licensing or permitting, and some restrictions on certain firearms, such as assault weapons, are necessary.
- 1 percent said they were more likely to support a candidate in November 2016, who opposes any new, additional controls on firearms.
