Shown above is a bar graph of different generations when asked the question, “What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership?”. To my surprise, there is not a significant difference among the baby boomer generation compared to the millennial generation. I always thought that the iGen or millennial generation was much more liberal on the topic of gun control; but, as shown time and time again, America is pretty split as a whole on the issue. As seen in the graph, the millennial generation is more for controlling gun ownership, with 55% agreement, as opposed to protecting gun rights, with 43% agreement. In all honestly, I really did believe that the older generation believed in stronger gun rights due to the fact that they are much more conservative on issues, such as marijuana use and same sex marriage; but, I believe that everyone, no matter the generation, witnesses the problems that gun’s cause in our country everyday. I hope that this information gave you as much of a surprise that it gave me.
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