Amid the ongoing trade war with China, nearly two-thirds of Americans say they support free trade in the latest NBC News/WSJ poll.
, even as the country remains divided on whether the government should restrict access to guns. Those sentiments come in the wake of the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio that killed more than 30 people.
Just 27 percent believe free trade is bad, because it hurts manufacturing and other key industries, and there’s no proof that more trade creates better jobs. 89 percent say they favor Congress expanding background checks to all firearm sales and transfers, including 75 percent who “strongly” support that;
62 percent favor banning the sale of selected semi-automatic firearms referred to as assault weapons.Additionally, the country remains divided over the gun debate at large: 50 percent of Americans are more concerned that the government won’t do enough to regulate access to firearms, versus 45 percent who are more concerned the government will go too far in restricting gun rights.
But only 36 percent of Americans say they approve the president handling the aftermath of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
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