'' Huffington Post '' reported in September 2013 that 48 % of Americans said gun laws should be made more strict , while 16 % said they should be made less strict and 29 % said there should be no change . Similarly , a Gallup poll found that support for stricter gun laws has fallen from 58 % after the Newtown shooting , to 49 % in September 2013 . Both the Huffington Post poll and the Gallup poll were conducted after the Washington Navy Yard shooting . Meanwhile , the Huffington Post poll found that 40 % of Americans believe stricter gun laws would prevent future mass shootings , while 52 % said changing things would not make a difference . The same poll also found that 57 % of Americans think better mental health care is more likely to prevent future mass shootings than stricter gun laws , while 29 % said the opposite . supported stricter gun laws , but 89 % of those who thought that such checks were not universally required supported stricter laws
Washington Navy Yard shooting
Washington Navy Yard shooting
Gun politics in the United States