--- title: Gun Control Finds More Support Among Republicans: Poll description: Nearly half of Republican voters in a recent survey said they have some inkling of support for stricter gun control laws in the U.S. canonical: https://time.com/4978719/republicans-gun-control-las-vegas-poll/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-11T22:10:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:56:29.079Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nearly Half of Republican Voters Support Stricter Gun Control Laws og:description: A 5% increase from nearly four months ago og:url: https://time.com/4978719/republicans-gun-control-las-vegas-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd41d7ff35301b370/69886783bc6cfcd02b3d9d29/gettyimages-469362368.jpg?branch=production&width=840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 840 og:image:height: 473 og:image:alt: Inside the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings & Exhibits og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nearly Half of Republican Voters Support Stricter Gun Control Laws twitter:description: A 5% increase from nearly four months ago twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd41d7ff35301b370/69886783bc6cfcd02b3d9d29/gettyimages-469362368.jpg?branch=production&width=840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nearly Half of Republican Voters Support Stricter Gun Control Laws > Sponsored content. 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Paul Ryan said the SHARE Act is not yet scheduled on House floor, but did not rule it out completely_  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 11, 2017 10:10 PM UTC  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 11, 2017 10:10 PM UTC Nearly half of Republican voters in a recent survey said they have some semblance of support for stricter gun control laws in the United States, a five percent increase from the same survey conducted nearly four months ago. In the [latest Morning Consult/Politico survey,](https://morningconsult.com/2017/10/11/republican-support-gun-control-growing-polling-shows/) 49% said they either “strongly support” or “somewhat support” stricter gun laws in the United States. A quarter said they strongly supported these measures, and 24% said they somewhat supported them. The poll found that 45% were opposed and 27% were strongly opposed The survey was conducted October 5 through 9, just days after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas from his hotel room, killing 59 people and injuring more than 500\. The poll surveyed 1,996 registered voters, and the margin of error for the data on GOP voters is plus or minus four percentage points. Following reports that Paddock had used a bump stock to increase his weapon’s rate of fire, several Republican lawmakers, called for the regulation of bump stocks, a sentiment [the NRA echoed](http://time.com/4971255/bump-stocks-nra/) in the week after the shooting. In June 2017, just days after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise [was shot at a park ](http://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/)in Virginia during a practice for the Congressional baseball game, the same survey found that 45% of GOP voters supported stricter laws, and 51% opposed them. In June of 2016, after 49 people were killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, only 37% were supportive of stricter laws, and 59% were opposed. ## Transcript That bill is not scheduled now. I don't know when it's gonna be scheduled. Right now, we're focused on passing our budget. By the way, we're bringing our budget up this week. I don't know if you knew that. But we're bringing our budget up this week. The reason we're bringing our budget up this week is we want to pass tax reform because we think that's one of the most important things we can do to improve people's lives. 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