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Gallup Poll Show American support for Tougher Gun Laws Spikes

By: NBC News
Updated: January 14, 2013

Support among Americans for tougher gun laws has spiked in the past year to 38 percent, the highest level since 2001, according to a Gallup survey released Monday.

That's up from 25 percent just one year ago -- before the mass shootings at a Batman screening in Aurora, Colo., and en elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

Despite the increase, a larger percentage of Americans, 43 percent, remain content with the current regulations on guns, and 5 percent of respondents said they would like to see gun laws loosened.

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