A new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that a majority of Americans want stricter gun control laws.
There are people at a March for Our Lives rally.
According to the poll, 80% of people think gun violence is on the rise, and an even greater number think preventing mass shootings is very important.
Federal background checks on all gun purchases, including private sales and gun shows, were supported by 85% of voters, while a federal law blocking those convicted of domestic violence from buying a gun was supported by 83%.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers worked together to pass several gun control measures, including barring intimate partners convicted of domestic violence from purchasing guns and expanding background checks for gun purchases for those under 21
A majority of voters favor setting a minimum age for gun purchases, according to the poll.
A majority of Democrats support a ban on rifles like the one used in the U.S. mass shootings, and one President Joe Biden wants to ban, according to a poll.
A majority of voters think it's important to make sure people have access to guns.
One in five people have personally experienced gun violence in the last five years, and one in five have had a close friend or family member experience gun violence.
It was 423. According to the Gun Violence Archive, at least four people have been injured or killed in mass shootings in the U.S.
In June, after a massacre at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook, support for stricter gun control measures hit a new high. A group of bipartisan lawmakers came together again to try to pass compromise legislation to tighten gun laws. Biden signed the most significant gun control measures into law in June. The bill didn't go as far as Democrats would have liked, including a ban on high-capacity magazines and raising the age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21, but GOP lawmakers involved in negotiations were criticized by some fellow Republicans.
According to an AP-NORC poll, most Americans want stricter gun laws.
A record number of people support gun control laws.
The U.S. mass shooting is close to a record breaking level.
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