Voters Divided on Government Role with Gun Control
Fifty percent of voters say that they are concerned that the government will go too far in restricting the rights of citizens to own guns, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. More than 45 percent said they were more concerned that authorities would not do enough to regulate access to firearms.
A ban on the sale of the semi-automatic firearms referred to as assault weapons remains relatively popular, according to the poll, with 51 percent of voters supporting such a ban while 31 percent oppose it.