NPR Poll: After Parkland Number of Americans Who Want Gun Restrictions Grows : NPR
The only policy intended to curb gun violence that is opposed by a majority of Americans (59 percent) is the one most frequently touted by President Trump â the idea of training teachers to carry guns in schools.
 Trump 's in sync with  his  base
The president's outspoken criticism of schools as gun-free zones and  his  recent rhetoric calling for a comprehensive gun bill suggests  he 's acutely aware of how  his  base voters feel about gun policies â and the growing desire  even among Republicans  for some sort of stricter gun-control legislation.
"We see in this study  a majority of Republicans saying that they are supportive of a variety of different gun-control measures  many of which  Trump  mentioned explicitly in  his  [White House] briefing " said Chris Jackson  director of the public polling team at Ipsos. "And that's in contrast to a lot of Republican elected officials  who have taken a much more Second Amendment absolutist stance."
Although  Trump  remains friendly with the National Rifle Association and its leadership  he's recently shown a willingness to challenge GOP orthodoxy on guns.
In a televised White House meeting with legislators Wednesday   Trump  surprised (and angered) many of his fellow conservative lawmakers with his ad-hoc approach to gun-control policy. He questioned his fellow Republicans' relationship with the NRA and dismissed a concealed carry provision that conservatives wanted as a trade-off for some restrictions.
"They have great power over you people. They have less power over me "  Trump  told GOP lawmakers at that meeting  adding  "Some of you people are petrified of the NRA. You can't be petrified."
 Trump  suggested  he  was open to expanding background checks and possibly raising the age to purchase an AR-15. (Both popular measures  according to the NPR/Ipsos poll).
 "President Trump  is actually closer to where the Republican base is on the issue of guns than a lot of Republican elected officials "  Jackson  said. "And I think this is something that  Trump  has done a lot through  his  political career;  he  often times finds  himself  closer to the Republican base than the establishment does."
Of course   the president  has a history of adopting popular opinions and speaking to the polls  and then subsequently reversing  his  position and reverting to a more traditionally conservative attitude  as  he  did with  his  initial support for a bill that would protect DACA recipients from deportation.
The split over  Trump 's handling of the Parkland shooting situation seems to mirror  his  overall approval rating and shows how much partisanship affects people's perspectives â 71 percent of Republicans approved of how the president handled the aftermath of the school shooting  compared to just 9 percent of Democrats.
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The president's outspoken criticism of schools as gun-free zones and  his  recent rhetoric calling for a comprehensive gun bill suggests  he 's acutely aware of how  his  base voters feel about gun policies â and the growing desire  even among Republicans  for some sort of stricter gun-control legislation.
"We see in this study  a majority of Republicans saying that they are supportive of a variety of different gun-control measures  many of which   [TGT]   mentioned explicitly in  his  [White House] briefing " said Chris Jackson  director of the public polling team at Ipsos. "And that's in contrast to a lot of Republican elected officials  who have taken a much more Second Amendment absolutist stance."
Although  Trump  remains friendly with the National Rifle Association and its leadership  he's recently shown a willingness to challenge GOP orthodoxy on guns.
In  [TGT] surprised (and angered) many of his fellow conservative lawmakers with his ad-hoc approach to gun-control policy. He questioned his fellow Republicans' relationship with the NRA and dismissed a concealed carry provision that conservatives wanted as a trade-off for some restrictions.
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 " [TGT] is actually closer to where the Republican base is on the issue of guns than a lot of Republican elected officials "  Jackson  said. "And I think this is something that   [TGT] has done a lot through   [TGT]   political career;   [TGT]   often times finds   [TGT]   closer to the Republican base than the establishment does."
Of course   the president  has a history of adopting popular opinions and speaking to the polls  and then subsequently reversing  his  position and reverting to a more traditionally conservative attitude  as  he  did with  his  initial support for a bill that would protect DACA recipients from deportation.
The split over   [TGT]  's handling of the Parkland shooting situation seems to mirror   [TGT]   overall approval rating and shows how much partisanship affects people's perspectives â 71 percent of Republicans approved of how the president handled the aftermath of the school shooting  compared to just 9 percent of Democrats.