%0 Journal Article
%T Public opinion polling on gun policy
%J Health affairs (Project Hope)
%D 1993
%A Wintemute, Garen J.
%A Teret, M. D.
%A Howard, K. A.
%A Teret, Stephen P.
%A Vernick, Jon S.
%V 12
%N 4
%P 198-208
%X 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.
%G 
%I Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation
%@ 0278-2715
%U http://dx.doi.org/