Fox News Poll: Majority of People Support Gun Control Proposals
A new poll from Fox News shows a majority of people support a number of gun control measures.
The poll––unveiled on Fox News Sunday today––shows 53 percent of people say “protecting citizens from gun violence” is more important than “protecting the rights of citizens to own guns.”
The breakdown for support on individual gun control measures is as follows:
91% support universal background checks, “including those buying at gun shows and private sales.”
84% support mandatory mental health checks on “all gun buyers.”
72% support raising the minimum legal age to 21.
69% support putting armed guards in schools.
60% support a ban on “assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons.”
But only 37% support the proposal––touted by President Trump––to have teachers and school officials armed.
A majority of people consider it important for Congress to pass gun control legislation, but 43% say it’s “not at all” likely that they will actually get it done.
The results come just one day after the massive March for Our Lives protests, in which Parkland students and activists made strong calls for gun control.
And Fox shows how some of the numbers have changed since a post-Sandy Hook poll:
The Fox News poll asked about these measures in January 2013, a month after the Newtown Connecticut school shooting that killed 26.
Compared to that time, support for putting armed guards at schools is up nine points, a ban on assault weapons is up six, and requiring mental health checks is up one. Support for universal background checks is unchanged — and about 9-in-10 Democrats, Republicans, and independents favor them.
You can read the full poll results here.
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