guns / http://backend.userland.com/rss ºÚÁÏÍø WebTeam U.S. gun ownership rates have remained steady, with drops among Democratic and independent men offsetting a surge among Republican women. /poll/653621/gun-ownership-rates-spiked-among-republican-women.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/653621/gun-ownership-rates-spiked-among-republican-women.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMT While 56% of Americans favor stricter gun laws in general and 52% back an assault weapons ban, a near-record-low 20% support banning handguns. /poll/653489/majorities-back-stricter-gun-laws-assault-weapons-ban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/653489/majorities-back-stricter-gun-laws-assault-weapons-ban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMT Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults want gun laws to be stricter, consistent with most ºÚÁÏÍø polling over the past 30 years. /poll/513623/majority-continues-favor-stricter-gun-laws.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/513623/majority-continues-favor-stricter-gun-laws.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:00:00 GMT Thirty-eight percent of U.S. parents of K-12 children fear for their child's physical safety at school. While down slightly from last year, the reading still ranks among the highest in the past two decades. /poll/510398/school-parent-safety-concerns-remain-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/510398/school-parent-safety-concerns-remain-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:00:00 GMT A record-high 63% of Americans are dissatisfied with U.S. gun laws, marking a seven-point increase over the past year. Democrats are far less satisfied than Republicans. /poll/470588/dissatisfaction-gun-laws-hits-new-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/470588/dissatisfaction-gun-laws-hits-new-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:00:00 GMT Look back at public opinion in the aftermath of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings in 2012 and the evolution of Americans' views of gun control since then. /opinion/gallup/406394/ten-years-sandy-hook-school-massacre-look-back.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/406394/ten-years-sandy-hook-school-massacre-look-back.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:00:00 GMT Men and women in the U.S. differ starkly in their propensity to own a gun and their preferences for the nation's gun laws. /poll/406238/stark-gender-gap-gun-ownership-views-gun-laws.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/406238/stark-gender-gap-gun-ownership-views-gun-laws.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT The 57% of U.S. adults who think laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict is down nine points since June but remains above the 52% measured in 2021. /poll/405260/diminished-majority-supports-stricter-gun-laws.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/405260/diminished-majority-supports-stricter-gun-laws.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:00:00 GMT Read a review of where the American public stands on gun control, immigration, and climate change. /opinion/polling-matters/403742/opinion-election-guns-immigration-climate.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/403742/opinion-election-guns-immigration-climate.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:30:00 GMT After hitting a new low in July, President Joe Biden's job approval rating is up six points to 44%, mostly because of independents' higher approval. /poll/398117/biden-job-rating-rises-highest-year.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/398117/biden-job-rating-rises-highest-year.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:30:00 GMT