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70% of Americans want stricter assault weapon laws — more than ever before

As the US debates an assault weapons ban, 87% of Democrats and 52% of Republicans support stricter laws on assault weapons, an MSN poll found.

  • A new poll says 70% of Americans support stricter laws on
  • That's 87% of Democrats and 52% of Republicans.
  • Public opinion is trending toward tougher gun laws following the deadly shooting in

A new poll shows that 70% of Americans — and more than half of Republicans — support stricter laws on assault weapons in the wake of a deadly shooting in Florida.

MSN Poll results are analyzed to represent the US adult population or specific sub-demographics. MSN describes the US adult population by thousands of combinations of age, gender, education, location and several other demographics. MSN takes the raw polling data and models how demographic groups answered each question, and then projects those answers onto the true distribution of the demographic groups. The method was tested in the 2016 election and proven to be as accurate as other polling methods —more details can be found here.

Public opinion has trended toward tougher gun laws following the shooting at

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Republican lawmakers have been resistant to a ban on assault weapons like the AR-15 used by the Parkland shooter, instead focusing on measures such as raising the minimum age to purchase a a semiautomatic weapon and improving mental health treatment.

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