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Share of Americans who favor restrictions on guns, by restriction and party 2021
In a survey conducted in April 2021, 85 percent of Republicans were in favor of preventing people with mental illness from purchasing a gun in the United States. This is compared to 90 percent of Democrats who felt the same.