Polling shows that suburban voters, especially women, are increasingly concerned about guns and overwhelmingly support tighter gun regulations.
HUNTLEY, Ill. — At a town hall meeting Thursday hosted by Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood in this upscale, suburban community, the congresswoman’s staff anticipated a healthy dose of questions about health care from the overflowing crowd of retirees.
“I have a son who's a senior in high school. Since middle school they've been going through active shooter drills in the schools and that just makes me sick to my stomach,” Ed Modaro said as he opened a question to Lamb. “I'd like to know why you support putting military style assault weapons in the hands of civilians,” Ed Modaro asked Lamb.
Underwood and Lamb were part of that wave of suburban Democrats and their 2020 re-election bids are expected to be key to both control of Congress and the outcome of the presidential race. “We are now in a political environment of managing or trying to shrink vote deficits in many suburban areas, rather than them being reliably Republican strongholds,” Costello said.
Moms Demand Action and other gun violence prevention organizations participate in the Solidarity Walk With Gun Violence Survivors across the Brooklyn Bridge on June 8, 2019 in New York City.Republicans, long opposed to most regulations of firearms, have so far shown little indication they are willing to do that. In the days after El Paso and Dayton, President Donald Trump said he supported expanded background checks for guns and urged Congress to consider red flag laws.
Underwood went further. She also advocated for the House universal background check bill but added that a limit on magazine capacity is “important” and that a voluntary gun buy-back program should be an option.
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