The great majority of Americans are in favor of more stringent regulation of the sale and ownership of guns in three ways that go beyond current law in most states. U.S. adults offer near-universal support for requiring background checks for all gun purchases, backed by 96%. Also, three-quarters favor enacting […] Read more »
Majorities Of Both Parties Favor Increased Gun Restrictions
In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, most Americans — regardless of party — favor tightening restrictions on firearms, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. But significant partisan divides remain — and perhaps relatedly, they exist alongside divides in knowledge about guns in America. CONT. […] Read more »
How to Reduce Mass Shooting Deaths? Experts Say These Gun Laws Could Help
Whenever a mass shooting shocks America, people ask if tighter gun-control measures could have prevented the slaughter. Gun violence researchers say that no law can eliminate the risk of mass shootings, which are unpredictable and represent a small minority of gun homicides over all. But there are a handful of […] Read more »
Experts and the public agree on how to stop gun violence. Politicians don’t.
Despite its reputation as an intractable, deeply divisive issue, there’s a lot of agreement among the American public on gun-control measures. … As Clemson University political scientist Steven V. Miller noted Monday, “We’re not polarized on gun control but our leaders are.” And because public opinion tends to follow elite […] Read more »
8 charts that explain America’s gun culture
… When a gun is used to commit an act of mass violence, two schools of thought immediately assert themselves — both of which seek to explain the genesis of these incidents: 1) We need more gun control laws to stop this cycle of violence 2) Bad people will do […] Read more »
Only 27% of Americans Think O.J. Simpson Will Regain Celebrity Status
Few Americans think O.J. Simpson will regain his celebrity status when he gets out of prison, after his 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping. Regardless of whether or not they think Simpson was guilty of murder in 1995, most Americans think he will be ignored. … Looking back, most […] Read more »