Views on semiautomatic weapons remain partisan AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Fifty-one percent of Americans favor a nationwide ban on the sale of AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic assault weapons, while 32% are opposed.
The consensus of dissensus Clifford Young & Sarah Feldman, Ipsos After multiple violent mass shootings in recent weeks, we, yet again, return to the topic of gun control and the role it plays in our tribalized divided time. These incidences of mass violence have become all too familiar in recent years. Guns are at the center of our hyper-partisan world, politically, legislatively, and culturally. Are real solutions possible? Where does the public stand on gun control? Will Buffalo and Uvalde be turning points?