STB - here's another poll specifically on background checks -
Irrelevant, Sammielee. Even if support is a mile wide (and I don't trust those polls), it is an inch deep. That is not the case for the other side, and Senators in many states know that voting for it is a quick path to being replaced at the next election.
The CBS poll asked 1110 adults about gun control. Confine the questioning to people between the Appalachians and the California state line and I imagine the results would be different.
Exactly. What parts of the country did they call? Should people in NY and California be able to ram this crap down on people in Oklahoma? They can craft their own laws. Leave the rest of the country alone. Another thing, how did they phrase the questions? Did the question include details about a proposed system? Did it explain what it means, in terms of invasion of privacy, negation of due process rights, and paperwork for owners, government expenses, and if criminals would be subject to checks? Did it add loaded language like "for the children?" Mark Twain had something to say about these kinds of statistics.