{"id":2420,"date":"2018-03-24T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/24\/new-polls-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws-oppose-the-nra\/"},"modified":"2018-03-24T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T13:28:00","slug":"new-polls-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws-oppose-the-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polls-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws-oppose-the-nra\/","title":{"rendered":"New Polls: Americans Support Stricter Gun Laws, Oppose The NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As thousands of students, activists and supporters gather across the country for the March for Our Lives today, two new polls show a significant growing trend across the country &ndash; an increasing number of Americans want common-sense gun reforms, while more and more view the NRA unfavorably.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support for stricter gun laws is at the highest level in<\/strong> <strong>more than <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/6bff3d106aa245d3b774868503e81289\">five years<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/6bff3d106aa245d3b774868503e81289\">7 in 10<\/a> Americans now favor stricter gun laws, including 54 percent of gun owners and half of Republicans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/6bff3d106aa245d3b774868503e81289\">60 percent<\/a> believe making it harder to legally obtain a gun would result in fewer mass shootings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/6bff3d106aa245d3b774868503e81289\">6 in 10<\/a> Americans favor a nationwide ban on AR-15-style rifles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support for the NRA is at the lowest level in over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/democrats-regain-double-digit-advantage-over-gop-in-voter-sentiment-poll-1521378001\">18 years<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The NRA&rsquo;s favorability is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/first-read\/trump-master-political-insult-declines-chide-putin-n858621\">three points underwater<\/a>, a noticeable shift from a year ago when it had a 12-point positive favorability rating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The NRA&rsquo;s favorability among moderate Republicans dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/first-read\/trump-master-political-insult-declines-chide-putin-n858621\">12 percent<\/a> since April of last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As thousands of students, activists and supporters gather across the country for the March for Our Lives today, two new polls show a significant growing trend across the country &ndash; an increasing number of Americans want common-sense gun reforms, while more and more view the NRA unfavorably. &nbsp; Support for stricter gun laws is at <\/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-2420","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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