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- LETTERS, Page 11A Vote for Regulation
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- In conjunction with our cover story "Death by Guns," which
- reported 464 fatalities in the first week of May, TIME asked
- its readers if they favored regulation of firearms. So far,
- 11,159 people have taken part in our survey. To the question
- Should there be any restrictions at all on the possession of
- guns?, 9,992 said yes and 1,238 voted no. Support was only
- slightly less for a waiting period for the purchase of guns,
- registration of all guns and mandatory firearm-safety training;
- 9,838 readers backed those measures, and 1,321 opposed them.
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- In favor of any restrictions:
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- YES: 89% NO: 11%
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- Support additional regulations:
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- YES: 88% NO: 12%
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