On the recordMay 17, 2000
Of course guns are private property, but the facts do not support the contention that the American people view licensing and registration as an "anathema." According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll last year, 90 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of Republicans support mandatory registration of any type of gun or firearm. A May report by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago shows similar findings, with 70 percent favoring gun-owner licensing and training in use of their guns. A USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll taken at the end of April shows seventy-six percent of those surveyed favored registrations of all handguns. And 69 percent favored the federal government requiring all handgun owners to obtain a special license. In fact, a recent Princeton Survey Research Association Poll indicated that even 66 percent of gun owners support the registration of all handguns.
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