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Congressional responses on gun policy
How North Carolina's members of Congress responded when we asked them six questions from our WRAL News poll on guns and mental health.
In a recent statewide poll, WRAL News found divergent opinions on guns and mental health. We asked North Carolina's members of Congress six of the same questions as were in the survey.
Of the state's 2 Senators and 13 Congressmen, only 13 were willing to answer the poll questions directly. Sen. Richard Burr, Rep. G.K. Butterfield and Rep. David Price all answered WRAL's specific questions, often adding their own thoughts in addition to selecting an answer as survey participants did. For these three lawmakers, readers should have a clear idea of what legislative proposals on firearms they might support or oppose.
Others replied by way of written statements, which may or may not have addressed the survey questions put to them. Most members relied on statements formulated in response to President Barack Obama's gun violence prevention proposals. The six questions asked by WRAL were:
- Should criminal background checks be required for every person who wants to purchase a firearm? Or not?
- Do you think teachers who are licensed to carry a handgun (as with a concealed handgun permit) should or should not be allowed to carry their gun while in school?
- Would you support or oppose a law that limits how much ammunition a gun can hold at once?
- Would you support or oppose a law that limits how much ammunition can be purchased at one time?
- If the government were able to require a reduced amount of violence in entertainment, would it reduce the incidence of mass shootings a lot, a little or not at all?
- Would you support or oppose a law requiring a nationwide ban on semi-automatic weapons, which automatically load the next bullet after a shot is fired?
North Carolinians disagree on many of the proposals to regulate gun ownership that surfaced after recent mass shootings, but a WRAL News poll found widespread consensus that all gun buyers should have to pass a criminal background check.
The Republican U.S. Senator completely answered the questions WRAL posed regarding gun control policy.
The Democratic U.S. Senator did not answer the survey questions one-by-one, but offered a written statement.
The Republican, who represents North Carolina's 2nd Congressional district, declined to answer our survey questions but offered a written statement on gun policy.
The Republican, who represents the 3rd Congressional district, did not answer the survey questions but offered a written statement.
The Democrat, who represents North Carolina's 4th Congressional District, answered our survey questions in detail.
The Republican, who represents North Carolina's 5th Congressional district, did not answer the survey questions but offered a written statement.
The Republican, who represents North Carolina's 6th Congressional district, did not answer our survey but pointed to a prior statement on gun policy.
As of Jan. 21, the Democrat, who represents North Carolina's 7th district, had not responded.
The Republican, who represents the 8th Congressional district, did not answer the survey questions, but offered a written statement.
The Republican, who Represents the 9th Congressional district, did not answer the survey questions one-by-one, but offered a written statement.
The Republican, who represents North Carolina's 10th Congressional district, did not answer the survey questions one-by-one, but offered a written statement.
The Republican, who represents the 11th Congressional district, did not answer the questions directly but answered a written statement.
As of Jan. 21, the Democrat, who represents North Carolina's 12th Congressional district, did not respond to our survey.
The Republican, who represents North Carolina's 13th Congressional district, did not answer the survey questions but offered a written statement.
SurveyUSA interviewed 500 North Carolina adults 01/09/13 through 01/12/13 exclusively for WRAL-TV in Raleigh.
SuervyUSA's complete crosstabs of all questions and answers in the poll done Jan. 2013 about gun violence and gun rights.
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