
@article{ref1,
title="Public opinion polling on gun policy",
journal="Health affairs (Project Hope)",
year="1993",
author="Wintemute, Garen J. and Teret, M. D. and Howard, K. A. and Teret, Stephen P. and Vernick, Jon S.",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="198-208",
abstract="Faced with the national epidemic of gun violence, legislators should be especially sensitive to their constituents' support for various policy options. This support is best evidenced by well-conducted public opinion polls. We review public opinion polls on gun policy since 1987. Although the public support for a number of promising interventions targeting the design and manufacture of firearms has not been meaningfully investigated, strong support is evidenced for most other gun-control options. The public also believes, contrary to Supreme Court rulings, that the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects a broad individual right to bear arms.",
language="",
issn="0278-2715",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}