Do Americans want tougher gun control laws or not? The real answer might surprise you.
The latest Pew Research poll shows most Americans value gun rights over gun restrictions by a narrow margin.
49 percent say it’s more important to protect the right to own a gun. But that hasn’t always been the case.
Support for stricter gun laws actually spiked right after the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. Pollsters call it the “Columbine bump.”









