Poll: 53% want bump stocks banned

Gun ownership and party identification often overlap. A third of Republicans personally own a gun; just 14% of Democrats do. More than two-thirds of Democrats say no one in their household owns a gun; less than half of Republicans say that. [Much of this difference is based on where people live: those in rural areas are more likely to own guns, and also more likely than those in cities to call themselves Republican.

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There are areas of broad agreement. The vast majority want to ban “bump stocks,” a post-purchase addition that can make semi-automatic weapons behave as if they were fully automatic. Two of these devices were found in the Las Vegas shooter’s hotel room.

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