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Conservative values with liberal tendencies
-convicted felons guilty of marijuana possession shall have their criminal record expunged. Marijuana should be legalized under federal law, regulated and taxed. Tax revenue generated from marijuana sales should be allocated to programs to help citizens gain trade skills to help the individual citizen to be marketable for employment.

-In favor of the second amendment, the right to bear arms. Do not seek violence nor want to be involved in dangerous activity however the belief in self defense is the right every American citizen is allowed to exercise. If an American is in imminent danger from extremist, demented, or ill intentioned individuals. That citizen has the right to defend themselves and the entity they are protecting.

-Although Five Stars Independent party advocates for technology advancements to come from electric cars. Five stars is against outlawing gas-combustion vehicles in the state of California. The support for electric vehicles is significant, however highly against outlawing gas-combustion vehicles.

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American support for marijuana legalization.

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Marijuana possession has put millions of American citizens behind bars and has left an irreparable record. States across the United States has decriminalized marijuana possession and has approved it to be used for medical and recreational purposes. Citizens seeking employment should not be barred from obtaining due to the use of this substance. With regulations put in place the same circumstances that applies to alcohol use, should apply to marijuana.
The circumstances are the citizen needs to be 21 yrs of age, may not drive or operate machinery under the influence of marijuana. Shall not come to work and work on the clock under the influence of marijuana. Use and indulgence of marijuana shall be in a permitted setting.

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Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization

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Two-thirds of Americans say marijuana use should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade.

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Share of Americans who favor stricter gun laws has increased since 2017

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The second amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms. This amendment needs to be upheld to a higher standard. Citizens deserve the right to bear arms to fight in self defense against extremist.
However there needs to be a thorough background screening and wait time to gain your license to carry. This is going to entail more federal government over reach but this is for the greater good.
The background checks will be thoroughly analyzed and processed in 15-30 day. There will be more advanced test and qualifications needed to carry a fire arm.
American citizens may carry firearms but will need to go through the paperwork, qualification training and certificate in order to handle and carry a firearm.
The qualification training will be paid by the firearm applicant.

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A gun show in Naples, Florida. Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans continue to favor making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Despite deep partisan divisions on the issue, there has been a modest rise in support for stricter gun laws in the United States since 2017, a new Pew Research Center survey has found.

In addition, while opinion on most gun policies has changed little in recent years, somewhat more Americans favor banning high capacity ammunition magazines today (71%) than did so two years ago (65%).

Overall, the share of Americans who say gun laws in the U.S. should be made stricter has increased from 52% in 2017 to 60% this year, according to a survey conducted in September. The share of those saying gun laws should be less strict has dropped from 18% in 2017 to 11% today.

As with attitudes on many gun-related issues, there are sharp partisan divides about whether gun laws should be stricter. Currently, 86% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents favor stricter gun laws, compared with 31% of Republicans and Republican leaners. The share of Democrats who support stricter gun laws has risen 11 percentage points since 2017, while there has been 7-point increase in support among Republicans.

When it comes to specific gun-related policies, the public finds broad agreement in certain areas. Overwhelming majorities of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (91%) and Republicans and Republican-leaners (92%) say they strongly or somewhat favor barring people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns. These views are largely unchanged since the question was first asked in 2017.

Similarly, large majorities in both parties continue to favor making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks (93% of Democrats, 82% of Republicans).

Yet there are much wider differences in views of banning high-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and assault-style weapons. Nearly nine-in-ten Democrats favor each of these proposals, compared with about half of Republicans.

Still, support for banning high-capacity magazines has increased among members of both parties since 2017 (8 points among Democrats, 7 points among Republicans).

While more Democrats favor a ban on assault weapons now than did so two years ago, slightly fewer Republicans support such a ban than in 2017.

Majorities in most demographic groups favor stricter gun laws

Majorities in most demographic groups say gun laws in the U.S. should be stricter than they are currently. However, there are gender and educational differences.

Nearly two-thirds of women (64%) favor stricter gun laws, compared with 55% of men. Adults with at least a four-year college degree are more likely than those who have not completed to college to support stricter laws (72% vs. 55%).

Opinions about whether it is more important to control gun ownership or protect gun rights have changed little in recent years. Overall, 53% of Americans say it is more important to control gun ownership, while 47% say it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns.

As with views of whether gun laws should be more strict, there are differences in these opinions by gender and education level. Men are more likely than women to say gun rights are more important (53% vs. 42%), while women are more likely than men to say it is more important to control gun ownership (58% vs. 47%).

Roughly two-thirds (63%) of those with at least a four-year college degree say gun control is more important, compared with 48% of those who have not completed college. Those without a college degree are more likely to say gun rights are more important (52%, compared with 36% of college graduates).

Views on overall priorities for gun policies have long been divided along partisan lines, but these differences have widened considerably over the past decade. In 2010, President Barack Obama's second year in office, Republicans were about twice as likely as Democrats to say gun rights were more important than gun control (65% vs. 33%). In the current survey, Republicans are nearly four times as likely as Democrats to say gun rights are more important than gun control (80% vs. 21%).

Results for this report are based on a survey conducted through Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel - a probability-based, nationally representative panel of U.S. adults administered online. The question on whether it is more important to protect gun rights or control gun ownership has been included on telephone surveys in the past.

Results from self-administered (online) and interviewer-administered (telephone) surveys are sometimes different even when the questions are worded the same. This difference is called a mode effect.

To assess possible mode effects in gun policy attitudes, the question on the importance of gun rights vs. gun control was included on a recent telephone survey in addition to this wave of the American Trends Panel. The two surveys produced similar estimates. Results for both surveys are shown in the topline.

The chart in the report that draws upon trend data from telephone surveys includes a footnote indicating the mode of data collection. For more information about mode effects, click here.
Note: See full topline results and methodology.

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Share of Americans who favor stricter gun laws has increased since 2017

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Despite deep partisan divisions on the issue, there has been a modest rise in support for stricter gun laws in the United States since 2017, a new Pew Research Center survey has found. In addition, while opinion on most gun policies has changed little in recent years, somewhat more Americans favor banning high capacity ammunition magazines today (71%) than did so two years ago (65%).

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Electric vehicles get mixed reception from American consumers

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CALIFORNIA TRANSITIONING TO ALL ELECTRIC CARS IN 2035

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CALIFORNIA TRANSITIONING TO ALL ELECTRIC CARS IN 2035

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Transitioning to electric vehicles is a practical move for generations to come, it is eco-friendly that is equipped with AI technology. To be able to detect imminent danger surrounding the vehicle mitigates risk for traffic accidents.
I support the innovation growth to come decades into the future.

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Americans are closely divided over the idea of phasing out combustion-engine vehicles by the year 2035, and many are on the fence about whether they themselves would purchase a chief alternative: an electric car or truck.

A recent Pew Research Center report finds 47% of U.S. adults support a proposal to phase out production of gasoline-powered cars and trucks, while 51% oppose it.

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view climate, energy and environmental issues - in this case, their receptivity to embracing non-carbon-emitting electric vehicles. We surveyed 13,749 U.S. adults from April 20 to 29, 2021.

The survey was conducted on the Center's American Trends Panel (ATP) and included an oversample of adults ages 18 to 24 from the Ipsos Knowledge Panel. A total of 912 Generation Z adults, born after 1996, were included in the sample.

Respondents on both panels are recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP's methodology.

Here are the questions used for this report, along with responses, and its methodology.

About four-in-ten Americans (39%) say that the next time they purchase a vehicle, they are at least somewhat likely to seriously consider electric, while 46% say they are not too or at all likely to do so. Another 14% are not expecting to purchase a car or truck in the future.

Just 7% of U.S. adults say they currently own an electric or hybrid vehicle. Most of these owners (72%) say they are very (43%) or somewhat (29%) likely to seriously consider an electric car or truck the next time around.

But the three-in-ten Americans who describe themselves as knowing a lot about electric vehicles are more divided about their openness to going the electric vehicle route: 53% of this group are at least somewhat likely to consider an EV purchase in the future, while 39% say they are not too or at all likely to do so.

Sales of electric vehicles have been slow to take off in the United States, but automakers are investing heavily in the technology, with Ford Motor Co., General Motors and others expecting the global market for EVs to grow.

Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, are more open to considering the purchase of an electric vehicle, particularly in comparison with Baby Boomer and older adults. Similarly, other findings in the same survey showed that younger generations are more receptive to the idea of phasing out gasoline-powered vehicles. Majorities of Gen Z (56%) and Millennial (57%) adults favor phasing out production of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, compared with lower shares of Gen X (45%) and Baby Boomer and older (38%) Americans.

The public's views on electric vehicles at this stage appears clear on two counts. Roughly two-thirds of Americans (67%) say that electric cars and trucks are better for the environment compared with gas-powered vehicles. But a similar share (66%) also sees electric vehicles as hitting a higher price point.

About twice as many Americans consider electric vehicles lacking compared with their gas-powered counterparts when it comes to reliability (34% vs. 15%), but about half of the public (49%) sees little difference between them.

When it comes to the emotionally driven reactions to driving an electric vehicle, a majority call it a toss-up; 62% say the driving experience is about the same between gas- and electric-powered vehicles, while 13% call EVs more fun to drive and 21% give the fun edge to gas-powered vehicles.
Note: Here are the questions used for this report, along with responses, and its methodology.

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Electric vehicles get mixed reception from American consumers

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Americans are closely divided over the idea of phasing out combustion-engine vehicles by the year 2035, and many are on the fence about whether they themselves would purchase a chief alternative: an electric car or truck. A recent Pew Research Center report finds 47% of U.S.