Poll Finds Most Americans Don’t Expect New Gun Control Laws

By Tom Knighton

Are we on the brink of ushering in a slew of new gun control laws? It certainly feels that way, especially if you watch the news and track discussions on social media. More and more, it feels to me as if we’re going to get some degree of gun control whether we want it or not.

But I may also be a bit of a pessimist.

However, a USAToday/Suffolk University Poll suggests that most people disagree with me.

Americans doubt Congress will enact new gun laws despite a spate of mass shootings this summer that rattled the country.

As lawmakers return to Washington, a nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found that less than a quarter of Americans think Congress will pass significant gun control legislation over the next year.

That’s despite the fact that the poll also found broad support for further controls over who can get a gun.

“Finally, a poll result that shows unanimity in the United States,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, said of the widespread support for universal background checks across every demographic including geography, gender, age, race and political party affiliation.

“If there ever was a time for lawmakers …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms