(Reuters). – A massacre at a Uvalde Elementary School in Texas that left 19 dead and 2 teachers injured this week has reaffirmed the need for Congress’s intervention to stop gun violence in the United States.

Some senators already indicated that they are unlikely to support legislative changes. Okay? Tommy Tuberville, a Republican senator from Texas said Wednesday that guns are not the problem. “We’ve had guns forever. We’ll continue to own guns.

Recent polling shows that Americans don’t agree with this stance. A Reuters/Ipsos survey of 940 respondents conducted on Wednesday (one day after Uvalde’s shooting) revealed that nearly two thirds of Americans favor strong or moderate gun regulations.

According to the poll, this is how Americans rate on other gun-related ideas:

LAWS REGULARIZING RED FLAGS

73% of those surveyed supported so-called red flag laws, which permit police to seize firearms from dangerous people. These laws are already in effect in nineteen states. They allow law enforcement officers and family members to petition the court for temporary seizures of guns, or to prevent gun purchases.

Additionally, 79% (and 78% of Republicans) said they would support candidates who advocate passing background checks, red flag laws, and supporting new gun purchases. These are all important considerations ahead of November’s midterm elections where party control in Congress and several statehouses is up for grabs.

RAISING AGE LEGAL

A mere 72% of the population supports raising the legal age for purchasing a gun to 21, which would make nearly three quarters of the people support it. Uvalde gunman, who was just 18 at the time of shooting, legally owned two semiautomatic rifles with 375 rounds each and two guns.

Also earlier in the month, another white gunman from Buffalo, New York killed 10 people inside a grocery shop in a mostly Black area. It was an incident that is now being investigated as “racially motivated violent extrememism”.

NRA AFFILIATION

A majority of Americans, 57%, included 43% Republicans, indicated that they are more or less inclined to vote for a candidate who has taken money from gunmakers or the National Rifle Association. The NRA is a prominent rights advocacy group.

This week’s NRA annual meeting will be held in Houston and top Republicans, such as Texas Governor Greg Abbott or former President Donald Trump.

ACADEMY TEACHERS

Americans are more divided about the question of arming teachers and staff in elementary schools with guns. This proposal has been made by Republicans. While 41% supported arming teachers, 58% of Republicans and 45 percent of Americans supported it, only 41% disagreed.

This idea was opposed by teachers’ unions.

PROTECTION AGAINST MASS SHOOTING

Only 54% of respondents said it was the best way to prevent mass shootings. This was the most popular belief among Republicans, with 71% agreeing.

A credibility interval is a range of +/- 4 percentage points.