Support For Stricter Gun Laws—Including Among Republicans—Remains High, Poll Suggests
Posted on AllSides August 25th, 2022
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Some 71% of Americans—including about half of Republican voters—say they want stricter gun control laws, a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research suggests, two months after President Joe Biden signed the most major gun control legislation in decades to stem a rising tide of mass shootings in 2022.
About 80% of people believe gun violence is surging nationwide, and an even greater share (88%) believe preventing mass shootings is extremely or very important, according to the poll,...
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