{"id":7324,"date":"2015-06-26T05:01:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2015-06-26T05:01:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T11:01:50","slug":"google-proves-that-gun-control-is-hotter-than-gun-shops-a-sign-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/2015\/06\/google-proves-that-gun-control-is-hotter-than-gun-shops-a-sign-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Proves that “Gun Control” is Hotter than “Gun Shops” — A Sign of Hope?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
As Alexandra Ma\u00a0notes <\/a>in \u201cAmericans Are Googling \u2018Gun Control\u2019 Instead Of \u2018Gun Shop'\u201d (Huffington Post)\u00a0Google just released fascinating data on how Search users\u00a0reacted<\/a>\u00a0to the racist violence on June 17 in SC. Its\u00a0newly revamped<\/a>\u00a0Trends tool has a rundown of the topics people searched after the tragedy. \u00a0The data shows that searches for \u201cgun control\u201d surpassed those for \u201cgun shop\u201d across the United States. This is something new.<\/div>\n
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Searches for \u201cgun shop\u201d are usually more popular than \u201cgun control,\u201d according to data Google Trends averaged from the past year. But in the 72 hours following the Charleston shooting, \u201cgun control\u201d was the more popular search term in 45 states. Only South Dakota, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and North Carolina saw more queries for \u201cgun shop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s what that breakdown looks like (graphics Huffington Post)<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s what search data for these two terms looked like over the course of last year:<\/p>\n

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A HuffPost-YouGov poll<\/a>\u00a0after the mass shooting in Charleston showed that 49 percent of Americans believe now is the right time to discuss stricter gun control measures, versus 37 percent who think it\u2019s the wrong time.<\/p>\n

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As Alexandra Ma\u00a0notes in \u201cAmericans Are Googling \u2018Gun Control\u2019 Instead Of \u2018Gun Shop’\u201d (Huffington Post)\u00a0Google just released fascinating data on how Search users\u00a0reacted\u00a0to the racist violence on June 17 in SC. Its\u00a0newly revamped\u00a0Trends tool has a rundown of the topics people searched after the tragedy. \u00a0The data shows that searches for \u201cgun control\u201d surpassed those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[955,8,7],"tags":[1376,400,1377],"class_list":["post-7324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-2","category-politics","category-religion","tag-google-google-trends-charleston-charleston-shooting-gun-control-gun-control-charleston","tag-tech","tag-trends"],"yoast_head":"\nGoogle Proves that "Gun Control" is Hotter than "Gun Shops" -- A Sign of Hope?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As Alexandra Ma\u00a0notes in "Americans Are Googling 'Gun Control' Instead Of 'Gun Shop'" (Huffington Post)\u00a0Google just released fascinating data on how\" \/>\n<meta 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