{"id":2331,"date":"2018-02-26T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/26\/vast-majority-of-americans-support-common-sense-gun-reforms\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:11:00","slug":"vast-majority-of-americans-support-common-sense-gun-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/vast-majority-of-americans-support-common-sense-gun-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Vast Majority Of Americans Support Common-Sense Gun Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New polling this weekend continues to show the overwhelming majority of Americans support stricter gun laws and enacting common-sense gun reforms to ensure a tragedy like the Parkland school shooting never happens again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Trump and the NRA are both increasingly unpopular:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A plurality of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">disapproves<\/a> of the NRA, with the organization hitting its worst rating in more than two decades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Following the Parkland shooting, Trump hit his lowest approval rating yet in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2018\/02\/25\/poll-americans-support-tougher-gun-laws-dont-expect-congress-act\/371104002\/\">USA Today\/Suffolk University poll<\/a>, and matched his all-time low in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-trump-approval-matches-low\/index.html\">CNN poll<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vast majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">70%<\/a> of Americans support stricter gun laws, up 18 points since October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">52%<\/a> say they &#8220;strongly&#8221; favor stricter gun laws, well above the previous high of 37%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">majority<\/a> of gun-owning households (57%) support stricter gun laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">2-1 margin<\/a> (64-32%), Americans say the government and society can take action to prevent mass shootings, a major shift from October when more said they would happen regardless (47-49%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Americans want common-sense gun reforms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By almost a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2018\/02\/25\/poll-americans-support-tougher-gun-laws-dont-expect-congress-act\/371104002\/\">2-1 margin<\/a> (61-33%), Americans say tightening gun laws and background checks would prevent more mass shootings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">63%<\/a> support a ban on the sale and possession of high-capacity or extended ammunition magazines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/25\/politics\/cnn-poll-gun-control-support-climbs\/index.html\">71%<\/a> support preventing people under age 21 from buying any type of gun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New polling this weekend continues to show the overwhelming majority of Americans support stricter gun laws and enacting common-sense gun reforms to ensure a tragedy like the Parkland school shooting never happens again. &nbsp; &nbsp;Trump and the NRA are both increasingly unpopular: &nbsp; A plurality of Americans disapproves of the NRA, with the organization hitting <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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