Social pressures. Bullies. Academics. These are all things generations of American children have had to worry about. Today, their parents tell us, there’s another worry weighing on most of them, too: the prospect of gun violence. It’s increasingly on parents’ minds, as well; concern among America’s parents now is even […] Read more »
Gun debate is ‘another issue’ where the GOP may be ‘out of step with public’
The GOP’s response to gun violence shows how “out of step with public opinion” the party is as stricter gun reform measures are implemented across the states, Chuck Todd says on Meet the Press NOW. Meet the Press NOW The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll […] Read more »
One in Five Adults Say They’ve Had a Family Member Killed by a Gun
Experiences with gun-related incidents are common across the country, with about one in five adults saying that they have personally been threatened with a gun (21%) or had a family member killed by a gun, including by suicide (19%), finds a new KFF survey about Americans’ experiences with gun-related violence […] Read more »
A tale of two Americas
While politics in America has not been mild or easygoing any time in recent memory, this past week kicked it up another notch. In the past few days, former president Donald Trump was arraigned in Manhattan on fraud charges, a polarized and consequential state Supreme Court race concluded, and the […] Read more »
Harvard Youth Poll: 63% of young adults support stricter gun laws
A national poll of America’s 18-to-29-year-olds conducted between March 13 and March 23, 2023 by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that more than three-in-five (63%) believe our gun laws should be stricter — including a majority of young people in college and not in college; a […] Read more »
Why do Americans own AR-15s?
The AR-15 is the best-selling rifle in the United States, industry figures indicate. Almost every major gunmaker now produces its own version of the weapon, which dominates gun dealers’ walls and websites. Critics claim that the military-style gun has no legitimate civilian use — yet about 1 in 20 Americans […] Read more »