53%

The proportion of Republicans who support moderate or strong regulations of gun ownership, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken on May 25, following the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Seventy percent of respondents said they supported so-called “red flag laws” and 79 percent of people, including 78 percent of Republicans, said they would be more likely to support a candidate who supported passing background checks and red flag laws for all new gun purchases.