Concern about gun violence in American schools is on the rise, new poll shows

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• Meanwhile, roughly four in 10 Americans think protecting gun rights is a higher priority than controlling gun violence

• The attitude that gun rights should take priority was particularly true among Republicans, Trump voters and white evangelical Christians.

• There is “moderate evidence” background checks for private gun sales can decrease firearm homicides,

• 40 percent of Americans disapprove of so-called “stand your ground” laws, that permit a person to kill someone they feel is threatening their safety in a public place.

• Concern about gun violence in schools has risen 10-percentage points since February 2019, a year after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

• People in the South, where gun laws tend to be less restrictive, were more likely in this poll to feel their local schools were vulnerable to gun violence than those in the Northeast and Midwest.

• “what exact law should have been passed to prevent”

• “someone who takes a life is not concerned about following the law.”

• Younger generations who have now endured decades of shootings at schools and in other public spaces were the most likely to support such laws.

• the first reaction among 62 percent of Americans is that the nation needs stricter gun laws

• banning the sale of semi-automatic assault guns, such as the AK-47 or the AR-15, was the most popular choice

• most popular among people who know someone who has experienced gun violence, parents with children under age 18, residents of states with stricter gun laws and Democrats.

• an opinion particularly popular among Republicans.

• She said that red flag laws – where a judge can have a firearm temporarily removed from a person’s possession if they appear to pose a risk to themselves or others – have shown early evidence of promise in states that have passed them

• As the United States marks one year since the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, when 19 children and two teachers were killed, support for controlling gun violence has hit its highest level in a decade of Marist data.

• . Between 2019 and 2021, gun deaths among children rose by 50 percen

• Four in 10 Americans think schools in their communities are not safe from gun violence

• Most U.S. adults feel their local schools are safe from gun violence.

• Concern about gun violence in schools has risen 10-percentage points since February 2019, a year after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

• were more likely in this poll to feel their local schools were vulnerable to gun violence than those in the Northeast and Midwest.