Poll finds rising support for tough gun regulations
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December 19, 2012, Wednesday
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THE percentage of Americans favoring tough gun regulations rose significantly after the mass killings at a Connecticut elementary school last Friday, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Monday.
The poll found that 50 percent of those surveyed after the shootings agreed that "gun ownership should have strong regulations or restrictions." Among those surveyed before the killings the number was 42 percent.
The percentages of Americans favoring background checks on gun buyers and limits on the sales of automatic weapons also increased after the shootings, according the poll.
Twenty children and six adults were killed in the slaughter at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
The poll found that 50 percent of those surveyed after the shootings agreed that "gun ownership should have strong regulations or restrictions." Among those surveyed before the killings the number was 42 percent.
The percentages of Americans favoring background checks on gun buyers and limits on the sales of automatic weapons also increased after the shootings, according the poll.
Twenty children and six adults were killed in the slaughter at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
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