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    Poll: Most Americans Want To See Congress Pass Gun Restrictions

    Democrats and Republicans agree that Congress should tighten gun laws by passing universal background checks and red flag laws and require gun licenses as well as increase funding for mental health.
    by Domenico Montanaro Sep 10, 2019 3 minutes
    Antonio Basco, husband of El Paso Walmart shooting victim Margie Reckard, hugs an attendee during his wife's visitation service in El Paso, Texas, in August.

    Updated at 2:53 p.m. ET

    There is widespread support among Americans — Democrats, Republicans and gun owners alike — for a number of initiatives to curb gun violence they would like to see Congress pass, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.

    Laws that would screen for the types of people who could use a gun are broadly popular, but when it comes to bans on certain types of weapons and ammunition, a divide emerges.

    Increasing funding for mental health screenings and treatment, universal background checks, red flag

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