On Valentine’s Day, 2018 an eighteen year old man entered Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL armed with military-style weapons and opened fire on students and faculty. By the time he surrendered to police, he had killed 17 people, injuring others. The shooting put the issue of gun control […] Read more »
Polls show support for gun control is widespread
Although there are several gun control measures, such as universal background checks, that enjoy broad support among the general public, Congress has not enacted laws in the wake of mass shootings from Newtown to Parkland. Nor it is clear that the mass murder of 17 people on Valentine’s Day will […] Read more »
Large-Scale Study on Gun-Policy Effects Finds Important Gaps in Existing Research
One of the largest-ever studies of U.S. gun policy finds there is a shortage of evidence about the effects of most gun laws, although researchers from the RAND Corporation found there is some persuasive evidence about the effects of several common gun policies. The findings are from RAND’s sweeping Gun […] Read more »
Who Wants To Arm Teachers? Republican Men
Guns have dominated politics this week. And the one idea President Trump keeps coming back to is arming teachers. But a new NPR/Ipsos poll found that really only one group of people are in favor of training teachers to carry guns in schools — Republicans, especially Republican men. Overall, 59 […] Read more »
NPR Poll: After Parkland, Number of Americans Who Want Gun Restrictions Grows
An increasing number of Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, want more gun regulation, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll that surveyed people in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting. CONT. Asma Khalid, NPR Read more »
Voters have new focus on gun violence
The new Suffolk University/USA TODAY poll demonstrates how strongly major news events can move the dial on voters’ opinions. Where we can usually predict the outcome of open-ended questions about the “most important issue,” this week’s responses showed a new focus on gun violence following the Florida school shooting tragedy. […] Read more »