Opinion on gun control strictness and number of mass shootings in the U.S. 2017
This statistic shows the opinion of American adults on how the number of mass shootings would be affected by making it more difficult to legally purchase firearms in the United States, as of 2017, by political affiliation. As of 2017, 64 percent of Democrats or those who lean Democrat thought inhibiting the purchase of legal firearms would reduce the number of mass shootings in the United States.