Americans want stricter gun laws: Poll

In a survey conducted by HuffPost/YouGov, half of the respondents said that laws on gun ownership need to be reviewed and made stricter than they are now.

The poll found that 51 percent of the Americans believe the sale of semi-automatic weapons should be banned, while 54 percent favor a ban on magazine clips with more than ten rounds.


Several online petitions have asked the White House to push a legislation to limit access to guns.

US President Barack Obama is being pressured to tighten the country’s gun laws after a shooting tragedy at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday that left twenty children and six women dead.

Critics argue Obama’s gun control record illustrates a consistent failure to act.

Addressing a memorial service on Sunday for the victims of the Friday shooting, Obama vowed to curb gun violence in America, saying the country is not doing enough to protect its children.

The United States has notoriously lax gun control laws and the highest rate of gun ownership in the world. Some 88 percent of the people in America possess firearms, according to a 2007 Small Arms Survey.

The US has experienced several mass killings this year including the Colorado cinema shooting in July, which left 12 dead and 59 injured, and the August killing spree at a Sikh temple, which left seven dead.

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