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While 56% of Americans favor stricter gun laws in general and 52% back an assault weapons ban, a near-record-low 20% support banning handguns.

In the wake of recent mass shootings, a broad majority of Americans support stricter gun laws, but are divided over what changes should be made.

A clear majority, 67% of Americans, supported tougher gun laws in a March poll, the highest level since 1993. However, there is a partisan split on the issue.

New research on the effects of question wording supports the conclusion that a majority of about six in 10 Americans support an assault weapons ban.

Men and women in the U.S. differ starkly in their propensity to own a gun and their preferences for the nation's gun laws.

Most U.S. teachers are opposed to arming school teachers and staff as a way to prevent casualties in school shootings. Nearly one in five teachers would choose to carry a gun at school.

Forty percent of Americans support a ban on semi-automatic guns in the U.S., but a majority (57%) oppose it.

Nearly six in 10 Americans are dissatisfied with U.S. gun laws, marking the ninth consecutive year of majority-level dissatisfaction.

Americans' approval of the U.S. Supreme Court remains mired in the low 40s, where it has been since 2021.

Find out where Americans stand on the major issues of the day. Do they favor stricter gun laws? Do they want a bigger military budget? Whom do they side with on Israeli-Palestinian conflict?