The majority of Americans support stricter gun control laws seven weeks after the mass shooting at a high school in Florida, according to a new
The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday shows 66 percent of Americans prefer US gun laws to be tightened.
Just 28 percent said they oppose tougher gun control measures.
But voters have little optimism that Congress will act beyond the modest changes made in last month’s omnibus bill.
Just 8 percent say there is an excellent chance of stricter gun laws passing Congress in the next year or so. By comparison, a combined 61 percent say the chances of new gun laws passing Congress in the next year are fair or poor.
Republican in disarray over gun control?
The vast majority of self-identified Democratic voters, 85 percent, support enacting stricter gun laws. But so do a narrow majority of Republican voters, 51 percent. Among independents, support for stricter gun laws stands at 63…