A sustained effort from NRA officials, Republican lawmakers and conservative allies helped cement President Trump's decision to abandon his previous calls for tougher background checks in the wake of recent mass shootings, sources tell CNN.
Trump held a lengthy phone call with NRA chief Wayne LaPierre on Tuesday, one of several the two men have had since massacres in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, touched off the latest national debate about tougher gun legislation.
Three in five Americans favor stricter gun control laws , down since polling conducted shortly after the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida , but up compared with polling after the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas and the 2016 mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando .Almost nine in 10 Democrats favor stricter gun control laws , along with 58% of independents, but just 39% of Republicans agree, the poll found.
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