Friday, April 21, 2000
Poll finds support for stricter stance on guns
BY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Most Americans say they want tougher gun controls, including a big majority who favor a law requiring that guns be sold with trigger locks, an Associated Press poll finds. But people are split on the best way to reduce violence: better enforcement of current laws or passage of tougher ones.
“We need better enforcement,” said Jeff Teasdale, a printing plant supervisor from Baraboo, Wis. “I don't think the laws right now are being enforced.”
But he also favored the requirement for trigger locks, saying: “It would keep a lot of kids from getting hurt.”
Teacher Joyce Bell from Wilmington, Del., who was with her 11-year-old daughter near the Washington Monument on Wednesday, said, “I want new gun laws. There shouldn't be any guns.”
The poll found that 42 percent thought stricter enforcement was more likely to cut gun violence, while 33 percent said enacting tougher gun laws was a better approach. Neither option was best for one-fifth of those in the poll conducted for the Associated Press by ICR of Media, Pa.
Seven in 10 women favor tougher gun control laws, while half the men said they felt that way in the AP poll of 829 people taken Friday through Tuesday. It had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Seven in 10 women favor tougher gun control laws, while half the men said they felt that way in the AP poll of 829 people taken Friday through Tuesday. It had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Just over half of those polled said background checks for gun purchases help reduce the number of crimes committed with guns.
More than four of five women support requiring trigger locks, while two-thirds of men agreed.
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