Gun Violence in the United States

Gun Violence in the United States

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll

One year after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, a growing proportion of Americans now say schools in their local communities are not safe from gun violence. While there is little consensus about the best method to combat gun violence, the proportion of Americans who say it is more important to control gun violence than to protect gun rights has reached a new high. Six in ten Americans, including four in ten who own guns, currently have this view.

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