--- 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: 2026-02-23T17:49:21.603Z 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=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nearly Half of Republican Voters Support Stricter Gun Control Laws  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 11, 2017 10:10 PM UTC  Revolvers sit on display in the Smith & Wesson booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., on Saturday, April 11, 2015\. Top Republican contenders for their party's 2016 presidential nomination are lining up to speak at the annual NRA event, except New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who were snubbed by the country's largest and most powerful gun lobby. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Revolvers sit on display in the Smith & Wesson booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., on Saturday, April 11, 2015\. Top Republican contenders for their party's 2016 presidential nomination are lining up to speak at the annual NRA event, except New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who were snubbed by the country's largest and most powerful gun lobby. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg/Getty Images  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. 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