Forty-three percent said the shootings in Connecticut make them more likely to support gun control laws, a 15-point increase from January 2011 following the Arizona gun rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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Forty-three percent said the elementary school shootings in Connecticut make them more likely to support gun control laws, a 15-point increase from January 2011 following the Arizona gun rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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Raoul Moat went on the rampage with a gun in Northumberland in July after he shot Samantha Stobbart, 22.

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Invariably, the only time that gun violence and gun policy are discussed in the national media is after a horrific shooting rampage.

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New York City Mayor Governor Michael Bloomberg, apparently upset that such a rampage with a legal weapon had not yet set off serious gun control efforts at the federal level, tried to heat up the debate on Monday with the shocking news that he was able to buy a bunch of guns illegally at a gun show in Arizona.

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