The day after last December’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School we wrote that: “The tragedy in Newtown, Conn., will surely spur pollsters to ask Americans again about guns, gun ownership, gun laws and the Second Amendment. If recent experience is a good guide, public opinion may not shift too much.” …
Now, with the Senate soon to vote on initiatives including expanded background checks of gun purchasers and increased penalties for gun trafficking, a scan through data from polls about gun laws underscores how attitudes for the most part seem to be close to pre-Newtown levels. [cont.]
Mark Memmott, NPR
Recent polls: Guns