2020-03-01 Reader\'s Digest AUNZ

Guncontrolis oneofthemost
polarisingpoliticalissues
Americansfacetoday– oris it?

Thereis nodoubtthatthetopic
generatesfierceopinionsfrom
bothsides.Butonmanyquestions

abouthowtoreducethenumber
ofgun-relateddeaths– something

85 percentofAmericanssaythey
are“concerned”about– thereis far
moreagreementthanthedebaters

orpoliticiansleton.Infact,a recent
Ipsos/Reuterspollfoundthatonly

37 percentofAmericansareeven

somewhatconfidentthattheir

electedofficialsunderstandtheir

viewsonguns.

If thepublicservantsin

Washingtonwanttofollowthewill

ofthepeople– includingthe 42 per

centofAmericanswhohavea gun

athome,theycouldstartbylooking

attheareaswherethevastmajority

ofAmericansagreetheyneed

federalgunlawsinplace,according

torecentpolls:

77%

supportrequiring

a licencebefore

buyinga gun.

73%

supportbanninghigh-

capacitymagazines

(automaticammunition

feedersthatholdmore

thantenrounds).

SOURCES:

Ipsos.com,Quinnipiac

UniversityNationalPoll,

MorningConsult.com,

Politico.com,Morning

Consult/Politicopoll

Where Americans Agree

94%

support requiring

background checks for

all gun buyers.

86%

favour banning people

with a history of

mental illness from

buying a gun.

84%

favour prohibiting

anyone on the

airline no-fly list from

buying a gun.

83%

support limitinggun

purchases tothose

21 and older.

80%

think there shouldbe

a mandatory three-day

waiting periodbefore

someone cantake

home a gun.

80%

favour trackinggun

sales through afederal

government database.

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The View From Gun Country