Support for gun rights is higher than it’s been in decades, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center that signals a stunning turnaround in how Americans feel about the issue just two years after the Newtown school shooting.

Pew found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important than gun control — up 7 percentage points from just after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 schoolchildren and six faculty dead.

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As people become more educated about firearms and why law abiding citizens should have them they also begin to understand why government should not be allowed to restrict our right to protect ourselves. It doesn't happen fast, and sometimes (as recently in Washington state) we take a step backwards, but in general we are moving the right direction.