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What's 'Red Flag' gun law and why lawmakers want legislation to be national

May 31, 2022 View Original Article
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    20% Somewhat Conservative

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    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : It's unclear whether there is majority support for passing these gun laws yet, but many are pushing for it regardless.
44% :Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw has rejected calls for these legislations to be implemented, stating that "culturally we are a country that has long had a Second Amendment that believes in the right to self defence.
20% : We know that many lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats are calling for action, including Connecticut Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, who pushed for gun legislation after the Sandy Hook massacre.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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