BYOLAFIMIHAN OSHIN- 04/24/23 1:37 PM ET

SHARETWEET https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3966592-fewer-americans-support-assault-weapon-ban-survey/

Less than half of Americans in a new Monmouth University Poll said they’ll support an assault weapons ban in the country, down from a similar poll taken last year.

The poll,published on Monday, found that 46 percent of respondents said they’d support the banning of future assault weapons sales in the country, while 49 percent of those surveyed said they would oppose a ban.

That marks a nine-point drop from the 55 percent of respondents who supported a ban in a June 2022 poll, which came in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, in which a teenage gunman with an AR-15 style rifle shot dead 19 students and two teachers.

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