Would stricter US gun control laws prevented the violence at Virginia Tech?
CBS News/New York Times Poll
20-22 April 2007
N=644 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.
“In general, do you feel the laws covering the sale of handguns should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?”
| More Strict | Less Strict | Kept as They Are | Unsure | |
| % | % | % | % | |
| 20-22 April 2007 | 66 | 4 | 28 | 2 |
| 10-13 May 2000 | 71 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
“Would you favor or oppose a ban on the sale of handguns, except those that are issued to law enforcement officers?”
| Favor | Oppose | Unsure | |
| % | % | % | |
| 20-22 April 2007 | 33 | 64 | 3 |
| March 2000 | 34 | 63 | 4 |
| 15 Aug 1999 | 35 | 61 | 4 |
| April 1999 | 43 | 53 | 4 |
“Do you think that stricter gun control laws would have done a lot to prevent the violence at Virginia Tech last week, done a little, or had no effect on preventing the violence at Virginia Tech last week?”
| A Lot | A Little | No Effect | It depends (vol.) | Unsure | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| 20-22 April 2007 | 32 | 21 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
“Do you think that allowing adults to carry concealed handguns would have reduced some of the violence at Virginia Tech last week, would have made the violence there worse, or would that have had no effect on the violence there?”
| Reduced | Made Worse | No Effect | It Depends (vol.) | Unsure | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| 20-22 April 2007 | 23 | 25 | 45 | 3 | 4 |
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