84 Percent Majority Say Strict Gun Laws in U.S. Cities Ineffective at Stopping Crime Surge, 37 Percent Say Making Things Worse

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84 Percent Majority Say Strict Gun Laws in U.S. Cities Ineffective at Stopping Crime Surge, 37 Percent Say Making Things Worse

(Austin, TX—January 5, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted December 17th through December 21st of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

"The legacy media told Americans that ‘there’s nothing to see here’ as they witnessed scenes of looting, vandalism, and theft across the nation this holiday season. Voters see what’s going on, and clearly understand the causes. As strict gun laws in blue cities continue to restrict law-abiding citizens rather than criminals, the crime will continue to get worse,” said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action. “That’s why so many people are voting with their feet and moving to places in the country with sane governance and a respect for the rule of law.”

For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please click here.

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of American Voters Say Strict Gun Laws are Ineffective in Combating Recent Retail Crime Surge:

84.4 percent of American voters say strict gun laws in major cities are not effective in dealing with the current retail crime surge or are making it worse:
- 47.1 percent say making no difference in dealing with crime surge
- 37.3 percent say making crime surge worse
15.6 percent of American voters say strict gun laws are making the current crime surge better.

KEY INSIGHT: Belief that Strict Guns Laws are Ineffective in Dealing with Current Crime Wave Crosses Partisan Divides:

90.2 percent of Independent voters say strict gun laws are not effective in dealing with the current retail crime surge:
- 50.7 percent of Independent voters say strict gun laws in major cities are making no difference in dealing with the current retail crime surge.
- 39.5 percent say strict gun laws are actually making it worse.
92.7 percent of Republican voters say strict gun laws are not effective in dealing with the current retail crime surge:
- 38.1 percent of Republican voters say strict gun laws in major cities are making no difference in dealing with the current retail crime surge.
- 54.6 percent say strict gun laws are actually making it worse.
69.9 percent of Democrat voters say strict gun laws are not effective in dealing with the current retail crime surge:
- 53.8 percent of Democrat voters say strict gun laws in major cities are making no difference in dealing with the current retail crime surge.
- 16.1 percent say strict gun laws are actually making it worse.

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About Convention of States Action—Boasting a grassroots network of over 5 million supporters and volunteers, Convention of States’ mission is to restore a culture of self-governance in America and to curtail federal overreach. Its primary focus in accomplishing this mission is using a limited Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments that impose limitations on the size and scope of the federal government, including a balanced budget requirement and term limits for federal officials.

Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare.

As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D.

Family Physician Newport Beach, CA

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