Nearly all American voters support background checks for everyone who tries to buy a gun, according to the results of a new survey.
Key results in the Quinnipiac University National Poll:
- 94% of U.S. voters are in favor of laws that would require background checks for all gun purchases, including 90% of gun owners.
- 61% support stricter gun laws. The only groups opposed to that idea, at least according to the poll, are Republicans, gun owners, and voters who live in a house with guns.
- 77% said they support requiring people to have a license before they buy a gun.
- 63% support a nationwide ban on selling assault weapons.
"A nation with more guns than people and a history of horrifying mass shootings continues to call — or cry — for tighter gun regulation," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.