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Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:35 AM Aug 2015

Many Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws

Days after the fatal shooting of two journalists on live TV near Roanoke, Virginia ...
In a HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted since the Wednesday morning shooting, 55 percent of Americans say gun control laws should be made stricter,
27 percent say they should remain the same
and 12 percent say they should be eased.

The level of support for gun control is as high as it's been in HuffPost/YouGov polls since the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting ...

In the latest HuffPost/YouGov poll, Americans said by a margin of 46 percent to 36 percent that shootings were more likely to be prevented by stricter gun control laws and enforcement
than by more private citizens carrying guns for protection.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roanoke-shooting-gun-poll_55e0ab28e4b0aec9f35329c0

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