A majority of Americans now want stricter laws for the sale of guns, with support for keeping current laws as they are down from last year, a new
Gallup poll shows.
According to the survey, 55 percent say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be tougher – a rise of 6 percent since 2014.
Other results found:
- 33 percent want current gun laws kept in place, down from 37 percent last year.
- 11 percent want less restrictions on gun laws, down from 13 percent in 2014.
- Among those who own a gun, support for stricter laws was 36 percent, up from 30 percent last year.
- The survey found 43 percent of the poll respondents say they have a gun in their household; 28 percent say they personally own a firearm.
The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The results come in the wake of high-profile mass shootings – including at
Umpqua Community College in Roseberg, Ore., earlier this month – that have triggered renewed debate about gun control.
President Barack Obama is reportedly considering using an
executive order to impose new background-check requirements on people buying guns from high-volume dealers.
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