TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Public opinion polling on gun policy
JO  - Health affairs (Project Hope)
A1  - Wintemute, Garen J.
A1  - Teret, M. D.
A1  - Howard, K. A.
A1  - Teret, Stephen P.
A1  - Vernick, Jon S.
SP  - 198
EP  - 208
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0278-2715
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -