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The Second Amendment ensures Americans have the right to keep and bear arms. How many Americans exercise this right? A recent Gallup Poll asked just that, revealing some insight into which Americans are most likely to own guns and what public ...

Five years after Mexico launched an aggressive war on drugs, Mexicans are less likely to report drugs and gangs where they live, but they are also less likely to feel safe.

Americans named dissatisfaction with government as the most important problem facing the nation in 2017, the third time in the past four years that government has topped the list.

Roughly nine in 10 Americans (91%) say they would vote for a law requiring criminal background checks for all U.S. gun purchasers. The U.S. Senate considered legislation last week that would have expanded background checks for gun purchases: 54 ...

As Republican leaders openly scrutinize their party after the 2012 elections, Republicans, independents, and Democrats are most likely to critique the GOP for being "inflexible." Americans dislike Democrats' overspending most.

How do American teens view a fundamental issue of the gun control debate -- the strictness of laws that cover firearm sales? How many teens are growing up with guns in their homes? Teens' answers to these questions may or may not be surprising.

Americans' suggestions for how to solve the problem of deadly encounters between blacks and police are multifaceted, focusing on broad societal changes, shifts within the black community and changes in police training and behavior.

Americans say an increased police presence and more spending on mental health would be the most effective ways to prevent mass shootings at schools. A ban on semi-automatic weapons is fourth on a list of six potential actions.

A review of Gallup Poll data shows that 4 in 10 Americans report having a gun in their home or on their property, including 30% who say they personally own a gun and 12% who say some other member of their household owns it. Republicans are much ...

Americans' satisfaction with 28 aspects of U.S. society improved or held steady this year. Race relations and the position of minorities in society were the only exceptions.