Will immigration lead to restrictions on gun rights?

*Although this piece makes the usual, tired link between Latinos and immigration, it also makes a good point about how Latinos are changing politics and consumer markets. Specifically, Latinos and other racial minorities are more pro-gun control than whites. And as the number of Latinos increases, so will the balance of gun safety over gun rights. VL

By Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post

That’s not Donald Trump’s theory — it’s the necessary implication of an article by my friend and colleague Adam Winkler, a gun control supporter. That article is called “The NRA will fall. It’s inevitable,” and subtitled, “Just look at the demographics.”:

Polls show that whites tend to favor gun rights over gun control by a significant margin (57 percent to 40 percent). Yet whites, who comprise 63 percent of the population today, won’t be in the majority for long. Racial minorities are soon to be a majority, and they are the nation’s strongest supporters of strict gun laws.

The fastest-growing minority group in America is Latinos. Between 2000 and 2010, the nation’s Latino population grew by 43 percent. Hispanics, which make up 17 percent of the population today, are expected to grow to 30 percent of the population in the coming decades.

Gun control is extremely popular among Hispanics, with 75 percent favoring gun safety over gun rights.

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