The Fox News journalist pointed out on Sunday that 89 percent of Americans support background checks, according to polling data.
"Let's take a look at where the public is on some of these policies regarding gun sales," Roberts said."Do you support or oppose requiring background checks for all gun buyers? Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they support it. Eight percent oppose it," the Fox News journalist said, reading polling data from Quinnipiac University.
Fox News Sunday host John Roberts confronts House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, over whether Republican views on guns are"out of step" with the American public in a Sunday interview."Do you support or oppose red flag laws? Seventy-four percent [support], 21 [percent] oppose," Roberts continued."You and other Republicans have views about background checks and red flag laws that would seem to run counter to what public sentiment is.
Scalise answered, saying those who responded to the poll"weren't asked about components of the bills Democrats are moving through Congress." The leading House Republican warned that"under the guise of red flag, they take away due process." The Louisiana lawmaker cautioned that this was an effort to"take away your constitutional right" to own a gun.Roberts was carried out from April 8 to 12 of 2021. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percent.
The red flag laws had less support from Republicans, but still were backed by a majority. While these measures were approved of by 92 percent of Democrats, some 65 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of independents also supported them. Scalise himself was a victim of gun violence. In June 2017, the Republican lawmaker was shot as he participated in a practice for a Congressional baseball game. He received treatment and recovered, returning to Congress in September of that year.
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