Quinnipiac Poll: Near-Unanimous Support for Gun Background Checks

Nearly all American voters support background checks for everyone who tries to buy a gun, according to the results of a new survey.

Key results in the Quinnipiac University National Poll:

• 94% of U.S. voters are in favor of laws that would require background checks for all gun purchases, including 90% of gun owners.
• 61% support stricter gun laws. The only groups opposed to that idea, at least according to the poll, are Republicans, gun owners, and voters who live in a house with guns.
• 77% said they support requiring people to have a license before they buy a gun.
• 63% support a nationwide ban on selling assault weapons.

"A nation with more guns than people and a history of horrifying mass shootings continues to call — or cry — for tighter gun regulation," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

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