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Gun Background Checks Remain Wildly Popular Even As Talks In Senate Stall


David Petronis of Mechanicville, NY, who owns a gun store, left, shows a handgun at his table during the annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in Albany, N.Y.

More evidence emerged Thursday to show that expanded background checks on gun purchases remain enormously popular with the public, even as legislation on them appears to be losing traction in the Senate.

The latest poll from Quinnipiac University showed a staggering 88 percent of registered voters nationwide -- including 85 percent of voters with guns in their households -- support background checks for all gun buyers.

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Topics: Chuck Schumer, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Polls, Tom Coburn, gun control, gun show loophole, guns, universal background checks