According to a Gallup poll, after the mass shooting October 1 in Las Vegas and 5 November in Sutherland springs, 51% of Americans want the government adopted new laws regarding weaponsand not focused on toughening the existing ones. Recall that in 2012, a similar opinion was expressed by only 47% of US citizens. However, this figure was a significant increase compared to 2012 and 35% of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which killed 20 children and six adults.
Another research question of 2017 was whether to tighten laws on the sale of weapons, to leave them unchanged, or, conversely, to weaken. For the tightening of the spoke 60% of Americans.
The questions raised by the representatives of Gallup, has divided Americans by race, gender, and political views. The introduction of new laws to support mainly women (60%) and representatives of national minorities (62%). And, conversely, a tightening of already existing measures, supported by 56% of men and 52% of white US citizens. Differences in political views is even more important: eight in ten Democrats (81%) want new gun laws, while 73% of Republicans are not against stricter standards.
With regard to the specific measures that should be spelled out in the new law, the majority of Americans are for stricter control of arms sales, for example, verification of candidates for acquisition and storage, as well as the mandatory waiting period. Opinions about whether to ban semi-automatic weapons, separated, but all people in the USA oppose a ban on weapons possession by civilians.
The study was conducted by telephone October 5-11 2017. Respondents were 1028 people over the age of 18 of the 50 States.
