Polls offer little evidence of that now, however.
Gore, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, has no clear advantage over Republican George W. Bush on the issue. Polls show the two about even when people are asked who they trust on guns. And Republicans argue that the debate may actually help their candidate because of Bush's call for tougher enforcement of existing gun laws, instead of new legislation. There's no question that there is a significant gender gap on guns, with women calling for more gun control and men calling for tougher enforcement. Two days before Mother's Day and the Million Mom March, a women's movement advocating tougher gun control, Bush announced a trigger lock giveaway in Texas.