According to survey data from May 25, 2022, 65 percent of voters favor stricter gun control laws in the United States. Five percentage points higher than 60 percent in a May 14 survey, and the highest level of support since the August 2019 shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
On May 24, 2022 a shooter fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, injuring seventeen other people at an Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
On May 14, 2022 a mass shooting occurred in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Ten people were killed and three others were injured.
Support for stricter gun laws after major mass shootings in the United States 2022
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Morning Consult. (May 26, 2022). Support for stricter gun laws after major mass shootings in the United States 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311086/support-stricter-gun-laws-us/
Morning Consult. "Support for stricter gun laws after major mass shootings in the United States 2022." Chart. May 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311086/support-stricter-gun-laws-us/
Morning Consult. (2022). Support for stricter gun laws after major mass shootings in the United States 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311086/support-stricter-gun-laws-us/
Morning Consult. "Support for Stricter Gun Laws after Major Mass Shootings in The United States 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311086/support-stricter-gun-laws-us/
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Support for stricter gun laws after major mass shootings in the United States 2022 [Graph], Morning Consult, May 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311086/support-stricter-gun-laws-us/