Americans have less support for some gun control measures than they did a year ago, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday.
Support for banning handguns is near an all-time low at 20%, and support for banning “assault weapons” is down 9 points from 2019. According to But overall, people are still slightly more likely to support stricter laws, with 56% supporting more laws and 33% supporting no changes.
Opinion polls show that Democrats oppose a handgun ban by 16 points between 2023 and this year, with support going from 49% to just 33%. Independent voters also decreased their support for the policy, dropping 5 points from 2022. (Watch the Daily Caller documentary “Cleaning Up Kamala” here)
Gun policy is an important issue in the 2024 election, with 53% of President-elect Donald Trump's supporters and 59% of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' supporters saying the issue is “very important” to their vote. He said there is. According to In a September Pew Research poll. When Harris ran in her party's presidential primary in 2019, she promised to ban assault weapons if elected.
However, she later insisted that despite her history on the issue, she would “not take guns away from anyone” if elected during her brief 2024 presidential campaign.
Guns are on display for sale as gun enthusiasts attend the annual Machine Gun Shoot hosted by Shooters Gauntlet on June 3, 2023 in Monroe, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Assault weapons are currently banned in nine states. According to To the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.
Mr. Trump is a staunch defender of the Second Amendment. approval From the National Rifle Association (NRA) in May.
But President Trump signed gun control measures during his time in office, most notably approving a ban on bump stocks in the wake of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. The law was later struck down by the Supreme Court in June 2024 on Second Amendment grounds.
Most recently, President Trump promised to enact concealed carry reciprocity laws for concealed carry permit holders in all 50 states. According to Go to ABC News. Already, 29 states are in compliance with all permits, while nine states are not in compliance with out-of-state permits.
According to public opinion polls, overall support for stricter gun control has remained stable since 2022, but support among independents has fallen from 66% to 56% from June 2022 to the present. Republicans are the most likely to support loosening gun laws of any demographic, with 15% agreeing with the proposal.
Support for gun control measures surged across all political parties in June 2022 following the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead, a poll finds. By October 2022, the surge had largely subsided.
The poll sampled 1,023 people by landline and cell phone and has a margin of error of 4%, according to Gallup.
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