claim: says "overwhelming majorities of americans" support gun legislation "like background checks."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: jan 5, 2016 ... last month, quinnipiac university asked americans whether they support a law  requiring background checks for sales at gun shows or online. ... right when she  said on saturday, in a pre-emptive response to the forthcoming white house  measures, that “the majority of americans oppose more gun control”?
evidence_2: oct 3, 2017 ... abele, a democrat who holds a nonpartisan office, said in a tweet on oct. 2, 2017 : americans have overwhelmingly supported common sense gun reform. 90%  support universal background checks. elected officials must act. in 2015, we  rated as true a claim that polling showed nearly 74 percent of ...
evidence_3: release: gun owners overwhelmingly support background checks, see nra  as out of touch, new poll finds. date: november 17, 2015; contact: benton ... it  is long past time that congress start feeling accountable to the majority of  americans who support gun control instead of deep-pocketed nra lobbyists.”  while in ...
evidence_4: oct 1, 2015 ... ... large majority of americans say they are on board with it. according to a poll  taken just last week by quinnipiac university in connecticut, 93 percent of  registered voters said they would support universal background checks for all  gun buyers—even as nearly half said they oppose stricter gun control laws.
evidence_5: jul 4, 2014 ... a new quinnipiac university poll this week revealed that 92% of the public favors  background checks and 7% disapproves. additionally, 86% of republicans, 98%  of democrats, and 92% of gun owners agree on the issue. the majority of voters  — 89% — also support enacting laws to prevent people with ...