Americans are far from consensus on gun control - poll
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After the massacre in Orlando on June 12, the issue of possession of weapons by US citizens once again became one of the central ones in the Capitol Hills.
According to a survey conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, 50% of Americans say they are concerned that the authorities may go too far to tighten the rules for possession of weapons by citizens.
At the same time, 47% of citizens, on the contrary, believe that the authorities will not take sufficient measures to regulate access to weapons.
The difference in the survey decreased even more compared to December 2015, after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California. Then the ratio of 52% to 44% was fixed.
In 1995, a few months after Bill Clinton signed a federal law banning assault weapons for a period of 10 years, every sixth American was worried that the authorities would continue to tighten legislation on this issue.
The Clinton Act expired in 2004 and has not been renewed since.
More than 51% of Americans now support such a ban, according to the poll, which would include semi-automatic rifles, which are most often used by American shooters.
At the same time, many doubt the effectiveness of such a law. 49% are confident that this will not stop attacking people from acquiring weapons that they need, and 45% believe that the introduction of such a ban will be another step aimed at reducing the number of victims of domestic terrorism.
The survey was conducted from 19 to 23 June, and about a thousand people took part in it.
As previously reported by ForumDailyThe Democrats in the US House of Representatives held a sit-in strike calling for a vote on firearms control legislation.
Faced with a protest, Republicans, who are in the majority, voted to pause the work until July 5.
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