As of June 2022, Americans were most strongly in favor of requiring criminal and mental background checks for all individuals buying guns, as well as raising the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old. Americans are least supportive of preventing people from carrying a concealed gun in public, and stationing armed guards at schools, and an outright ban on semi-automatic weapons.
This survey was conducted shortly after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas where two teachers and 19 students were killed.
Level of support for various gun control measures in the United States 2022
Characteristic
Favor strongly
Favor somewhat
Oppose somewhat
Oppose strongly
Not sure
Requiring criminal and mental background checks for all those buying guns, including at gun shows and private sales
61%
17%
9%
8%
5%
Raising the age limit for buying a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21
56%
17%
9%
12%
7%
Restricting the circulation of 'ghost guns' that don't have unique serial numbers for tracing
54%
16%
10%
11%
9%
Creating red flag laws that allow a court to temporarily remove guns from people that are believed to pose a danger to themself or others
50%
19%
11%
12%
9%
Funding the study of mental-health and gun violence
48%
27%
11%
6%
9%
Banning the sale of magazine clips for semi-automatic weapons that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition
45%
15%
12%
20%
10%
Establishing stricter requirements regulating the storage of guns in homes
40%
18%
13%
20%
8%
Banning semi-automatic weapons
40%
13%
14%
25%
8%
Stationing armed guards at all schools
34%
23%
16%
17%
10%
Preventing people from carrying a conceased gun in public
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