HAMDEN — People polled by Quinnipiac University supported restrictions on allowing people in the “no-fly” list purchase guns in a poll released Thursday.
Quinnipiac said the poll found 86 percent of those polled favored restrictions and 12 percent did not support the ban. In households where there is a gun, the results were very similar, 83 -14 percent.
Those polled responded to the statement, “It’s possible to make new gun laws without interfering with gun rights,” by agreeing by 64 – 28 percent, including 59 – 33 percent among voters in gun households,
Pollsters said there were no listed party, gender, age, education or racial group which disagreed with either of these two findings.
American voters support by 93 – 6 percent, including 92 – 8 percent among voters in gun households, “requiring background checks for all gun buyers.” The pollsters found support is 90 percent or higher among every listed group.
Support for universal background checks ranges from 88 percent to 93 percent in eight Quinnipiac University national polls conducted since the Sandy Hook massacre in December,
2012.
“The people have spoken time and again, but nothing changes,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
“American voters clearly are worried about guns. They want to make it harder for bad people to get them and believe it can be done without penalizing legitimate gun owners.”
American voters support stricter gun laws in the U.S. 54 – 42 percent, the highest level of support ever for this generic question. There is a huge gender gap as women support stricter gun
laws 63 – 33 percent, with men opposed 51 – 45 percent. Voters in gun households oppose stricter gun laws 56 – 39 percent.
