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Poll: Support for stricter gun control remains strongBy Keating Holland/CNN
July 30, 1999 WASHINGTON (July 30) -- Six in 10 Americans favor stricter gun control laws in general, according to a newly released CNN/TIME poll. Three-quarters of those questioned favor federal laws mandating the registration of all handguns or the licensing of all handgun owners. The poll also indicates women are far more likely to support stricter gun control than are men. Previous CNN polls have shown that Americans do not support making all handguns illegal, but they do support proposals that fall short of a total ban, including several proposals that Congress is currently considering. At least seven in 10 respondents support restricting the possession of semi-automatic weapons by minors, mandating child safety devices for all handguns sold by licensed dealers, and banning the importation of high-capacity ammunition clips. Yet, the support for stricter gun control laws is down significantly from a high set in 1993. Also a majority of those questioned do not think the National Rifle Association has too much influence over gun control laws, as some Democratic lawmakers have charged. Although all of the 1,017 interviews for the poll were conducted on July 14-15, well before the shooting in Atlanta, it is worth noting that polls taken before and after the Columbine shooting, which left 15 dead in Littleton, Colorado, did not show a significant shift in the public's opinion on gun control. The polls has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points unless otherwise noted. Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control?
Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control?
Do you favor or oppose stricter gun control?
Do you favor or oppose the federal government requiring handgun owners to register each handgun they own with the government?
Do you favor or oppose the federal government requiring people to get a license in order to legally own a handgun?
Do you favor or oppose gun control laws that: Require safety devices be included with all handguns sold by federally licensed dealers?
Do you favor or oppose gun control laws that: Restrict the possession of semi-automatic weapons by minors?
Do you favor or oppose gun control laws that: Ban the import of high-capacity ammunition clips?
Do you think the National Rifle Association has too much influence, too little influence, or the right amount of influence over gun control laws in this country?
Overall do you agree or disagree with the position of the National Rifle Association?
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MORE STORIES:Friday, July 30, 1999
• Video: Citing Atlanta shootings, first lady calls for gun control • Poll: Support for stricter gun control remains strong • Tripp indicted for wiretapping in Maryland • Gore attacks GOP, offers alternate tax proposal • Clinton not surprised by contempt payment • U.S. House deals setback to Army School of the Americas • Hastert says Congress might take back states' welfare money • Congress will negotiate gun control • Gingrich files for divorce • FTC wants disclosure legislation for online pharmacies • Hillary Clinton campaigning again • Federal judge nominees approved • House international aid bill under fire • Burton accuses Justice of bungling investigation of China-based diplomat • GOP unable to produce HMO bill • House passes $4.65 billion for D.C. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
