claim: "seventy to 80 percent of nra members support a universal background check."
author: tim ryan
evidence_1: nov 17, 2015 ... overwhelming support for background checks: 83 percent of gun owners  nationally support criminal background checks on all sales of firearms, while only  14 percent ... additionally, 72 percent of nra members support them.
evidence_2: mar 18, 2015 ... ... milwaukee journal sentinel, 70 percent of the more than 2200 votes ... percent  of nra members support requiring background checks for ... and 74 percent of  nra members support background checks of gun purchasers.
evidence_3: jan 28, 2013 ... ... identified as nra members, support universal background checks for gun  sales. ... about 70 percent of respondents supported bans on military-style ...  slightly less than the more than 80 percent who backed measures ... in addition to  favoring universal background checks, the majority of nra members ...
evidence_4: jan 31, 2013 ... new polls track nra member' support for expanded background checks. ... (74  percent) of nra members supported requiring a background check ... (67  percent) as well as non-gun owners (80 percent) supported the idea.
evidence_5: mar 8, 2018 ... most national rifle association (nra) members support comprehensive  background checks for those ... among gun owners not in the organization, 78  percent support requiring background checks for all firearm purchases. ... poll: a  majority of americans support raising the top tax rate to 70 percent.