From Poll.qu.edu…
Americans support 74 – 24 percent raising the minimum legal age to buy any gun to 21 years old nationwide, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today. Democrats (91 – 7 percent), independents (76 – 22 percent), and Republicans (59 – 39 percent) all support raising the minimum legal age to buy any gun to 21 years old nationwide.
GUN LAWS
Americans support 57 – 38 percent stricter gun laws in the United States. That is an increase in support for stricter gun laws from a Quinnipiac University poll in November 2021 when 45 percent supported stricter gun laws in the United States and 49 percent opposed.
Democrats (91 – 8 percent) and independents (56 – 38 percent) support stricter gun laws in the United States, while Republicans (64 – 32 percent) oppose them.
Fifty-two percent of Americans think the United States would be less safe if more people carried guns, while 37 percent think the United States would be safer if more people carried guns.
There is near unanimous support (92 percent) for requiring background checks for all gun buyers, while 7 percent oppose requiring background checks for all gun buyers.
Americans support 83 – 12 percent a so called “red flag” law allowing police or family members to petition a judge to remove guns from a person that may be at risk for violent behavior.
Half of Americans (50 percent) support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, while 45 percent oppose it.
In today’s poll, 50 percent of registered voters support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, while 45 percent oppose it. This is the lowest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons since February 2013 when the question was first asked by the Quinnipiac University Poll. The highest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons was in a Quinnipiac poll on February 20, 2018 when 67 percent supported a ban and 29 percent opposed.
While 41 percent of Americans think the United States should pursue limiting the number of guns in the country, 55 percent do not think so.
Forty-two percent of Americans expect lawmakers in Washington D.C. to take action on reducing gun violence this year, while 54 percent do not.
