After the Orlando nightclub shooting in June 2016 , NBC News and the Wall Street Journal released the results of a poll which found that 50 % of Americans were more concerned the government would go too far in regulating guns , while 47 % of Americans were more concerned that the government would not do enough to regulate guns . A CBS News poll conducted the same month found that 57 % of Americans supported a federal assault weapons ban , 13 percentage points higher than a previous poll they conducted in December 2015 ( after the San Bernardino shooting . ) Also in June 2016 , a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll found that about 90 % of Americans supported universal background checks
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
Public opinion on gun control in the United States