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.
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 Democrat, who represents North Carolina's 1st Congressional district, completely answered all questions put to him, both by responding as survey participants did and offering a more detailed 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.