A strong majority of the U.S. public not only supports requiring background checks for all gun purchases, but also supports requiring gun sellers to keep a record of their sales, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll.
According to the new survey, 73 percent of respondents said they favor required background checks for all gun purchases, including private ones and those at gun shows, while 15 percent said they were opposed. That support is actually slightly less than in many other surveys, some of which have found support for background checks above 90 percent.
But the new poll finds that support for requiring gun sellers to keep a record of every sale is just as high as support for background checks, with 74 percent in favor and 16 percent opposed.
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