A new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows that the share of voters who support stricter gun control laws has reached a new high, with more than two-thirds of Americans backing them.
The March For Our Lives rally was held in Florida on June 11.
After the Uvalde shooting on May 25 and the Buffalo shooting on May 16 a majority of voters support stricter gun laws.
After mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Morning Consult set a new record for the highest share of support in a single year.
Independents' support went up from 62% last week to 70% now.
Between May 25 and June 4-5, Democrats' support went up from 81 to 90.
Right after the Uvalde shooting, 49 percent of Republicans wanted stricter gun laws, but that has gone down to 51 percent.
A majority of the time. A majority of respondents said that passing additional restrictions on gun ownership should be a priority for Congress.
In the wake of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, gun control has returned to the forefront. A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an agreement Monday that would strengthen gun measures, including by giving states funding to pass "red flag laws" that take firearms away from people deemed to be higher risk. Measures like an assault weapons ban, raising the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21 and expanded background checks for private gun sales are not included.
The gun control legislation is still being worked on, but it is likely to pass. The initial agreement on the legislation was enough for it to pass with 60 votes and clear the filibuster, according to Senate Minority LeaderMitch McConnell.
How long will people support gun control? Gallup notes that Americans' desire for more gun control measures spikes after mass shootings and then goes down after they fade from memory, and that support for stricter firearm laws was at its lowest point in years in 2011.
Many of the gun control measures that Republican senators kept out of the agreement are supported by a majority of their base. The Morning Consult/Politico poll found that the vast majority of Republicans support expanded background checks, a mandatory three-day waiting period for gun purchases, and raising the age for gun purchases. Only 19% of Republicans think the age for buying assault-style weapons should stay at 18 while 10% think it should be raised to 21 and 34% think it should be banned.
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