As elected officials work to address school shootings in the U.S. after the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, some proposals to solve the problem are more popular than others. Which tactics receive nearly unanimous support from Americans and which show divisions along party lines? Later, find out what percentage of Americans […] Read more »
Two Broad Approaches to Preventing School Shootings
Americans continue to be more likely to say that policy makers in Washington should focus on making major changes to school security measures and the mental health system than on making major changes to laws on the sale of guns and ammunition. However, more favor focusing on gun laws than […] Read more »
Most U.S. Teachers Oppose Carrying Guns in Schools
Arming teachers and school staff as a way to handle the United States’ problem with school shootings will be a tough sell to those who would have to carry it out — teachers across the nation. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. school teachers oppose the idea of training certain teachers and […] Read more »
Broad Agreement on Most Ideas to Curb School Shootings
Americans strongly favor a number of proposals for reducing mass shootings at schools, including increasing training for police officers and those who respond to active shooters, background checks for all gun sales, higher levels of security at schools, and new programs to identify and manage students who may pose a […] Read more »
Public support for gun restrictions has grown to the highest level in 25 years
As students walked out of thousands of schools Wednesday to memorialize victims of school shootings and demand action, new polling finds Americans expressing more support for gun restrictions than at any point in more than two decades. CONT. Scott Clement, Washington Post Recent polls: Guns Read more »
Most Americans say students should be involved in gun policy and school safety
More than six in 10 Americans, including most parents, think students should get involved in the issue of gun policy and school safety; just over a third say the issue would be better left to adults. CONT. CBS News Read more »