In the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, one of the central questions being asked is what this horrible incident tells us about who we are as a country. Not much, if you look at the polling conducted on this matter since the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. Since […] Read more »

The horrific shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, has already heralded calls for tighter gun control, but will this latest massacre actually result in a measurable change in American opinion on guns? Support for stricter gun control laws is at an all-time low. The percentage of Americans who […] Read more »

… Obama’s comments Friday after the shooting tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 little children were killed along with six adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School, were personal and touching. Yet the president’s only allusion to something like gun control were his words about taking “meaningful action.” But the […] Read more »

Friday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., has already touched off a heated political debate. Opponents of stricter regulation on gun ownership have accused their adversaries of politicizing a tragedy. Advocates of more sweeping gun control measures have argued that the Connecticut shootings are a demonstration that […] Read more »

The Pew Research Center has been tracking attitudes about gun control for nearly 20 years. Our question asks whether it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, or to control gun ownership. … Opinion about gun control has been divided since early 2009, shortly after […] Read more »