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Before Recent Shootings, Most Parents Not Worried About School Safety
A recent Gallup Poll has tracked the public perceptions on the issues of school safety and gun control. In August of this year, the majority of parents of school-aged children in America were generally not fearful for their child's safety at ...
More Americans Saying the Economy Should Be Top Priority
While Americans continue to say the war in Iraq should be the top government priority, mentions of the economy have increased over the past several months -- from 22% in July to 30% in October -- and are on the high end of what Gallup has ...
Will Gun Control Be a Salient Campaign Issue?
Among the plethora of second-tier issues (behind terrorism and the economy) that may come into play in next year's presidential election, the effect of gun control may be one of the hardest to predict.
One-Third of Teenagers Feel Unsafe at School; One in Six Says That Weapons Are a Big Problem in Their School
Tuesday's carnage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado reminds us of the importance of paying attention to the opinions of the nation's nearly 30 million teenagers. The Gallup Youth Survey has been measuring the attitudes of teenagers ...
Gun Owners and the 2008 General Election
Gun owners rate Rudy Giuliani the most favorably of all the leading 2008 presidential candidates. Hillary Clinton is rated most negatively. As might be expected, gun owners, who are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats, rate the ...
About Four in 10 Americans Report Owning a Gun
Thirty-nine percent of adults in a recent Gallup poll say they have a gun at home, and an additional 2% say they have a gun somewhere else on their property or in a car or truck. The percentage of adults who say they own a gun is down from 49% ...
School Violence Knows No Borders
More than three years have elapsed since the school shootings in Littleton, Colo., and Taber, Alberta, Canada, but North Americans are still struggling to understand how and why such violence took place. Residents in the United States and Canada ...
Majority of Americans Have Favorable Opinion of the National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association (NRA), the nation's leading gun lobby and firearms-owner membership group, will hold its annual convention in Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend. This event will likely receive considerable attention, as it ...
Americans' Mood Sours Some This Month
After showing slight improvement in recent months, Americans' overall level of satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States has fallen back to the levels it was in the spring -- below 30%. The war in Iraq continues to be named ...
Americans Continue to Say Iraq is the Nation's Top Problem
Americans continue to say the war in Iraq is the most important problem facing the United States, according to a recent Gallup poll. Other problems mentioned include immigration, fuel prices, healthcare, and government dissatisfaction. The ...