Do you think that stricter gun control laws would have done
a lot to prevent the violence at Virginia Tech last week, done
a little, or had no effect on preventing the violence at Virginia
Tech last week?

CBS News/ New York Times     April 23, 2007

21%

32%

43%

1%

Despite a general inclination to favor stricter gun control laws,
64% of Americans think stricter laws would have had little or no
effect in preventing incidents like the shootings at Virginia Tech.