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I was hoping this article would give insight into the varying opinions about gun control and gun ownership over time. Data on people's opinions and on people's gun owning habits has been gathered for many decades but this article touches on barely any of it.
Things that might beneficial to cover:
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Zoom in. I suppose it's not as critical to replace "overwhelmingly" with "generally", although I think their meanings are similar enough that it isn't really a big deal and I reworded the sentence out of an abundance of caution to avoid close paraphrasing issues. — SamX [talk · contribs] 17:13, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
preposterous, but I'd be fine with something along the lines of
registered voters were supportive of stricter gun control laws by a wide margin. As for the bullets, I don't think it's necessary to include the support percentages in response to every single survey question, but I think we could instead list some of the proposed measures, like so:
Measures supported by the majority of respondents included criminal background checks, mental health evaluations of prospective gun owners, a 30-day for every purchase, and a law against civilian ownership of semiautomatic weapons.I don't think the bulleted list should be restored—it was very similar to the list in the Axios article (copyvios report), and I doubt that
a tweak or twowould be enough to resolve close paraphrasing issues. — SamX [talk · contribs] 17:51, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
registered voters overwhelmingly supported a variety of gun control measures. "Overwhelmingly" is a key takeaway from the findings and source. Replace the bullets with narrative including numbers if you must, but I maintain they would require only a little tweaking, if any. soibangla (talk) 18:07, 6 August 2023 (UTC)