The Washington Post and ABC News conducted a joint poll which revealed the increasing number of people wishing to legally arm themselves after the shooting in Orlando. On Tuesday, June 28, reports The Independent.
According to the data obtained for the preservation of the right to bear arms was made by 54% of respondents, against — 42.
Almost three quarters of respondents — 72 percent voted in favor of strengthening the supervision of people who are suspected of terrorism, even if it violates their right to privacy. 86 percent of study participants declared that support for a ban on the sale of weapons to persons involved in the FBI database.
A complete ban on the sale of automatic weapons made a little more than half of respondents (51%).
The survey was conducted two weeks after Orlando there was a mass shooting of a gay club. On the night of June 12, an American of Afghan origin Omar Matin, armed with a rifle and a pistol, broke into an entertainment institution and opened fire on the visitors. In the end, he shot 49 people and wounded another 53. After a few hours the suspect was eliminated, and the hostages.
A massacre in a nightclub again caused in American society discussion on the abolition of the right to the free circulation of firearms, including automatic weapons. However, the U.S. Senate rejected four amendments, which, in the opinion of their authors, could limit the possibility of firearms in the wrong hands.
