Sections Tables updated
Safety in schools
Views on legality of gay and lesbian relations
Death Sentences Near Record Low
Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws, Still Oppose Bans
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Operations 2010
FBI background checks soar after fatal school shootings, calls for tigher gun control
America’s Retreat From the Death Penalty
Connecticut killings reopen debate on forcibly committing the mentally ill
Gun control laws
Terrorism and torture
Marijuana legalization
In a poll conducted a few days after the Newtown, Connecticut shooting the percentage of parents reporting (33%) that they fear for thier child's safety at school was sharply lower than after the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School (49%).
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