Lots of Republicans actually support gun control

Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas will ignite another discussion about whether and which gun-control measures could prevent future tragedies. Invariably, these discussions will fall on partisan lines. Republican politicians will block any gun-control measures that Democratic politicians advocate.

It’s easy to assume that citizens are as polarized along party lines as members of Congress. This is actually not quite true. Here are four things you need to know about what Americans think about gun control across 28 years of data from the General Social Survey (GSS). CONT.

Steven V. Miller (Clemson), Monkey Cage