UCONN Courant poll: 'The Newtown shootings have swayed their opinions'

Graphic from Mother Jones

In a new poll released by the Hartford Courant Thursday, there's more evidence that 12/14 has changed opinion:

A majority of state residents support a broad array of gun control measures and say the Newtown shootings have swayed their opinions, according to a new University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant poll.

The rest of Connecticut residents are more likely to call for gun restrictions than those polled nationwide among men and women, as well as all age groups, political affiliations, and education levels, the poll showed.

By wide margins, state residents favored banning military-style assault weapons and ammunition magazines with more than 10 bullets, preventing people with mental illness from buying guns, and creating a federal database to track gun sales, among other measures.

Connecticut feels our pain:

57 percent said the shooting deaths of 20 children and six educators Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School made them more likely to support gun control, while 35 percent said it made no difference. Nationally, 44 percent said the shooting made them more likely to support gun control.

There's a significant gender gap in that stricter gun control is supported by:

' 73 percent of women
' 55 percent of men

Keep that in mind when you hear Wayne LaPierre contend that we need high capacity magazine so moms can protect their kids.

More data below the fold ...