The poll found that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
. The package, approved in the wake of shootings like the one that killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, was both a measured compromise and the most significant bill addressing gun violence to be approved in Congress in decades — an indication of how intractable the issue has become.
She said other restrictions — such as banning sales of AR-15 rifles — are "going too far" and may not solve the problem. Whitelaw pointed to the early days of"I think people would start trying to hoard guns," she said, adding that a better approach is to make smaller changes and see what impact they have.
Chris Boylan, 47, from Indianapolis, opposes restrictions on guns. As a teacher for many years, Boylan said he has "buried more kids than I care to count" and believes gun violence is a major problem. But the Republican, who said he leans more toward Libertarian in his personal stances, believes the issue is more about mental health and a too-lenient criminal justice system.
Overall, 52% of Americans -- including 65% of Republicans and 39% of Democrats -- say both reducing mass shootings and protecting the right to own guns for personal protection highly important. Days after a Texas school shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead, witnesses are sharing details about the frustrating moments they arrived at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde after learning of an active shooter situation. Onlookers say they urged responding officers to charge the school as the 18-year-old gunman was inside killing people in one classroom. The massacre lasted about 40 minutes before the shooter was killed.
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