Poll: Majority of American voters favor stricter gun laws
BY BRETT SAMUELS at the Hill
http://thehill.com/homenews/360496-poll-majority-of-american-voters-favor-stricter-gun-laws
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Ninety-five percent of voters support universal background checks for gun purchases, including 94 percent of those who live in gun-owning households, according to the latest Quinnipiac University survey.
That marks the highest level of support since Quinnipiac first asked the question in February 2013 in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead.
A majority of Americans continue to say it’s too easy to buy a gun in the U.S., but most are skeptical that stricter gun laws would help prevent mass shootings, according to the Quinnipiac poll.
About 60 percent of voters support stricter gun laws overall, and 65 percent back a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons — another record high in the poll.
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