Polls on Guns A Mixed Bag

I've reported results of post-Sandy Hook polls this week from CNN and CBS, and now there's a new one from Pew.  All are collected here.  Too much to summarize here, but:They all show some, or a lot, of growing (if maybe temporary) support for new gun measures but the Pew one particularly also reveals dug in attitudes.  Consistently folks by vast margins want background checks on all gun purchases and are probably unaware that 40% of guns now sold without them.  If they now do know that--will they clamor for a quick change in laws?

Pew finds that a majority still oppose a ban on semi-automatic gun, so what is hope for big change on that?  Most don't think government can do much to stop massacres in this country.   And so on.  Some results heartening, others depressing.

If you are wondering, in one poll 15% call for total ban on guns, and in Pew some 28% want ban at least on handguns.