After the horrific mass shooting in California on Wednesday that resulted in 14 victims being killed, President Barack Obama called again for new gun control measures, saying, “There are some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don’t happen as frequently: common-sense gun safety laws, stronger background checks.” Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders weighed in, saying, “We need to significantly expand and improve background checks.” Hillary Clinton said in Florida, “33,000 Americans a year die. It is time for us to say we are going to have comprehensive background checks, we are gonna close the gun show loopholes.”
The American public agrees in principle with these types of proposals. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup
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