A growing number of Americans, including Democrats and Republicans, view gun violence as a major problem, and a majority expect it to get worse over the next five years, according to a new poll from Pew Research.
into law a bipartisan gun-control bill, the most significant legislative action taken on gun control in three decades, that was the result of negotiations by a handful of Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, led by Sens. Chris Murphy and John Cornyn , in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Tex., and Buffalo.
While members of both parties celebrated the measure, Democrats, including Biden, conceded that the law did not go as far as they or gun-control advocates wanted. In addition tofunds for mental health services and school security initiatives, the law expands criminal background checks for certain gun buyers, bars a larger group of domestic-violence offenders from purchasing firearms and funds programs that would allow authorities to seize guns from troubled individuals.
According to Pew, the share of Americans who said gun laws should be stricter has shifted only slightly, from 53 percent in 2021 to 58 percent today. While a majority of women, at 64 percent, said gun laws should be strengthened, just 51 percent of men said the same. Notably, 77 percent of Black Americans said gun laws should be stricter, along with 74 percent of Asian Americans and 68 percent of Hispanic Americans. Among White Americans, 51 percent said the same.
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