Americans favour changing gun laws

A Reuters/Ipsos poll in the wake of the latest U.S. mass shooting finds that Americans support regulations of gun ownership, but do not have much optimism that politicians will respond


Support strong or moderate regulations of gun ownership

Strong regulations 	Moderate	Basic 	No/very few
46%    			46%		20%	6%
  
Support “red flag” laws. Allowing police to confiscate firearms from people that courts say are dangerous

Strongly support 	Somewhat support 	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
46%			24%			9%		9%

Raising legal age to buy a gun from 18 to 21

Strongly support	Somewhat support	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
53%			19%			12%		9%

Laws limiting the sale of automatic weapons (i.e. machine guns) 

Strongly support 	Somewhat support 	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
54%			20%			10%		10%

How confident are you that your elected representative will do something this year to strengthen gun laws in the U.S.?

Very confident 	Somewhat confident 	Not very confident	Not at all confident
11%		24%			27%			22%


Ipsos poll of 940 Americans age 18+ conducted May 25. Sample of 305 Democrats, 278 Republicans and 357 independents. Margin of error: 3.9%


Sources: Ipsos Snap Poll, Thomson Reuters 
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