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Did a really nice job finding quality valid sources then translating it to his own words. Found a large amount of information that fit very well into the article and was relevant to his topic. Very nice job not critiques ~ibreger

Evaluation: Public Opinion on Gun Control in the United States : Chosen Final Article
When evaluating the article I can see that the article contains material on the topic at hand and does not distract the reader from the official opinion of the article. I don't believe the information stated in the article is out of date. I do believe that the is missing information. The opening paragraph can go into a deeper understanding of the topic at hand. It can be expanded to become more informative. The article jumps from the 1990s to the year 2012. I think it would be wise to add the decade of 2000-2010. The biggest piece of information that this article is missing is the opinion of gun control by the Republican side. I think it would be a good idea to try and find reasonable information that Republicans have put forward and that could add to the narrative of the article. The article leans more to the Democratic party on the United States political spectrum and I think that it would be wise to balance it out with some Republican opinions and polls as well. The views in the article are more positioned to heavier gun control policy and not on the 2nd Amendment rights of the individual. The article creator could look at both sides of gun control and public opinion statistics on it. The article uses reliable resources and does a good job of writing on political movements and polls created for gun control. The article could use more information on the years of 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017. I just wish it to be more representative of both political parties so that a new reader can read on both sides of the argument and find his own political opinion on the topic

Just wondering if this is a good evaluation of the article. Please comment below on how I could evaluate better and If i am on the right track to later edit the article based on my evaluations.

Potential Edits to Wikipedia article

 * 1) Expand polling information for more the years listed.
 * 2) Pew Research polling statistics, gallup polling on gun control measures.
 * 3) How the polling changes from year to year.
 * 4) Expand on political measures on gun control.
 * 5) What have different presidents/ state representative policies affect gun control opinions and thoughts.
 * 6) What are the events that caused these policies/issues to arise.
 * 7) Add information on more issues and polling from 1990s
 * 8) What major events/ policies happened during the 1990s that affected public opinion on gun control.
 * 9) What were the outcomes?
 * 10) Talk more on Democrat arguments for Gun control and show also the ideas of republicans.
 * 11) Talk on public opinion of Democrats view for gun control and then talk on Republican views against gun control reform.
 * 12) Give responsible non radical arguments for both sides.

Article Contributions
1990s

Another measure by the Clinton Administration was the The Brady Bill. This bill was enacted on November 30th, 1993 and the main purpose was to create a rating period for handgun purchases. The bill enacted makes a person subject to a background check when they are trying to purchase a firearm from a federal dealer, manufactuer, and also an importer. Background checks are run through the FBI and go through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Other features of the Brady Bill are also prohibiting transporting firearms if a person falls under certain criteria made under the bill and prohibiting firearm possession if a person has a felonious charge.

2012

This trend of sticker gun control policy could be seen by a Gallup poll that was taken in December of 2012. With the question being "In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict or kept as they are now?" there was a result of (58%) of respondents believing in stricter laws, a (6%) view of less strict, and lastly (34%) believing to keep laws the same.

2015

Pew Research Center poll in August of 2015 can be looked at as well for asking surveyors based on partisan lines about background checks for gun shows and private sales. Polling from the research center show that Republicans are (79%) and Democrats (88%) want background checks for gun show transactions and private sales. This bipartisan view also is expanded upon for barring mentally ill stricken people from obtaining a firearm with Democrat being (81%) and Republicans being (79%) in favor of this gun control proposal.

While there is a more concise statistical agreement upon back ground checks for all gun sales there is a growth in people looking at the rights of gun owners. From a Pew Research Center poll that came out in August 2015 there has been a change in opinion on how people view gun rights vs controlling gun ownership. Throughout the various years (2008,2011) of when polling on this topic took place there was a steady stance on the belief that controlling gun ownership should come before gun rights. In the years of 2008 there was a (49%) vs. (45%) poll which favored control of gun ownership, as well as in 2011 there was a concurrent agreement of the last poll but with the numbers of (51%) to (45%). This would change when the polling topic would be surveyed again in 2014 and published in 2015. The poll would show that (52%) would have the view of protecting gun rights to (46%) of people believing to control gun ownership.

2016

Later in the year polling about gun control measures were politicized through the 2016 presidential elections. A poll came out in August of 2016 by the Pew Research Center based on Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump supporters and there stance on gun policy proposals. The research conducted looked at five separate proposals. The five proposals were based on back ground checks, prevention of ownership of firearms with people with mental illness, barring gun ownership from people on a federal watch, creating a federal database on gun-ownership, banning high-capacity ammunition clips, and lastly banning assault style weapons. The results that came from the poll show that on the proposal on background checks Trumps supporters are (75%) supportive of this proposal and (90%) supported by Hillary supporters. With the proposal of preventing firearms to people with mental illnesses there is similar belief by both party supporters in support. Trump supporters are in (82%) and Hilary supporters are (83%) support. The next proposal on barring gun ownership on federal watch and terror lists also show a similar support for barring gun ownership for people with mental illness. For Trump supporters they are (72%) support for this proposal while for Hilary supporters it is (80%). After the first three proposals there is a growth in the disparity on how candidate supporters view gun control measures. The federal data base gun control proposal shows a 39 point disparity. While Hilary supporters show a (85%) support for a federal database there is only a (46%) support in the Trump supporter group. In the next two gun control proposals there is a consistency between Trump supporters with a (34%) favorability. Hilary supporters have a favorability for the last two proposals with a (75%) and then (74%).

2017

Another topic that came up in the discussion of gun control is the question of should teachers be armed in the classroom for school shooting scenarios. A Pew Research Center poll was conducted in March and April of that year. The results looked a range of adults such as parents and non parents, gun owners and non-gun owners, and lastly on partisan lines. The survey came back to show that all adults (55%) opposed teacher having guns while (45%) favored. In the category of parents and non parents there was more favorably to oppose teachers having guns in the classroom. Parents opposing would represent (53%) and non-parents (56%). The category of gun-owners and non-gunowners show that gun owners would support the measure with the result of (66%) and among non-gun owners they oppose the measure of teachers having guns (64%). The results that stemmed from the basis of partisan lines was that Republicans (69%) supported the measure and between Democrats (71%) opposed having guns with teachers and officials in schools.

2018

In greater response to the Stoneman Douglas through an article of CNN that was updated June 13th, 2018 there has been a growth in states to respond in how they will control guns in the future. States such as New York, Florida, Nebraska, New Jersey, Washington, Illinois, Vermont, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Connecticut to expand on gun control measures. These measures range from state to state on banning bump stocks, stricter mental health checks, uping the legal age to buy a weapon to 21,restricting high capacity firearm clips to 15 or 10 rounds, and even the measure of city ordinances banning assault style weapons. On the federal level even there was a move by President Donald Trump in March of 2018 in prohibiting the sale of bump stocks.

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