Stricter Gun Laws Less Popular in U.S.

Posted on AllSides December 14th, 2021
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Americans' support for stricter gun control has fallen five percentage points to 52%, the lowest reading since 2014. At the same time, 35% of U.S. adults think laws covering the sale of firearms should be kept as they are now and 11% favor less strict laws.

Gallup has been tracking the public's views on this measure since 1990, when the nation's crime rate was high and a record 78% of Americans supported stricter laws for gun sales. Since then, calls for tougher gun control have generally spiked in the wake...

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https://news.gallup.com/poll/357317/stricter-gun-laws-less-popular.aspx

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