Opinion: Jim Martin: Colorado cities show Congress how to pass gun reforms

Jun 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    66% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    22% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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"Certain councilmembers have said they respect the guarantees made in the Second Amendment, but incidents such as the King Soopers mass murders in Boulder have pushed them to act."
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10% Conservative
"At a time when the Pew Research Center said that 81"
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-6% Liberal
"The revised bill left out at least three of the most important provisions: an assault weapons ban, substantial background checks for all and raising the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21."
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-16% Liberal
"Don't be fooled by the latest maneuvers by Congress on Friday to tighten gun control because it failed to address the real problems."
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-30% Liberal
"But comprehensive gun control remains elusive, despite the horrific images from Buffalo and Uvalde."
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-34% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Certain councilmembers have said they respect the guarantees made in the Second Amendment, but incidents such as the King Soopers mass murders in Boulder have pushed them to act.
47% : At a time when the Pew Research Center said that 81% of citizens -- even the Republicans who were polled -- favor stronger gun laws, the U.S. Senate is proposing a weaker version of 7910.
42% : The revised bill left out at least three of the most important provisions: an assault weapons ban, substantial background checks for all and raising the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21.
35% : Don't be fooled by the latest maneuvers by Congress on Friday to tighten gun control because it failed to address the real problems.
33% : But comprehensive gun control remains elusive, despite the horrific images from Buffalo and Uvalde.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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