A new poll taken before the Colorado Springs shooting shows that support for stricter gun laws has fallen in the last few months.
A couple from the nearby town of Del Rio, Texas paid their respects at a memorial for the victims of the school shooting.
According to a Gallup poll, the rate of US adults who believe the sale of firearms should be more rigorously governed has fallen since June.
The number of people who think gun laws in the US should be more strict has gone down.
Nearly one in three Americans think gun laws should stay the same, while one in 10 think they should be loosened.
Some respondents thought gun laws should be more strict, while others thought they should be less strict.
Republican support has fallen the most since June, according to Gallup.
According to Gallup, Americans' support for tougher gun laws goes up after a mass shooting. In the month of June, there were two mass shootings, one in Uvalde, Texas, and another in Buffalo, New York.
The shooting of three football players at the University of Virginia last week and the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado will likely increase support for gun legislation. Between October 3 and October 20 a survey of 1,009 adults was taken.
603. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been at least four mass shootings in the US this year.
According to Gallup, almost half of Americans have a gun in their home. American gun owners tend to be male, Republican, between the ages of 35 and 54 with an annual household income of $100,000 or more and live in the south, according to a poll.
Gallup has tracked Americans' views of gun laws since 1990 when crime rates were approaching historic peak and a record number of Americans supported tougher gun sale laws. In October of 2011, the lowest figure was taken.
A record number of people support gun control laws.
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