Editorial Board
The Consensus on Guns
You'd never know it, but Americans agree on the need for better laws.
Agreed.
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A new survey released today by the American Public Health Association offers confirmation of something rare and valuable in American life: consensus.
In a large poll taken in January, gun owners and non-gun owners expressed similar levels of support for a host of firearm regulations. For example, 87.8 percent of respondents backed universal background checks; 84.8 percent supported temporarily rescinding the licenses of rogue gun dealers; 83.6 percent agreed with requiring states to report prohibited persons to the background-check system.