This poll confirms that most of our neighbors want laws changed to require a background check for all gun sales. Local families will feel safer if Congress passes universal background checks
— Dr. Linda Brundage, Mid-Michigan Chapter,
Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America
In a online chat with readers Walberg, R-Tipton, said he supports the Second Amendment but argued that new laws are not needed.
According to a recent poll, 87 percent of constituents in the 7th Congressional District favor the background checks for those who are buying from licensed and non-licensed private sellers.
“This poll confirms that most of our neighbors want laws changed to require a background check for all gun sales. Local families will feel safer if Congress passes universal background checks,” Dr. Linda Brundage, a spokeswoman for Mid-Michigan Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America, said in a statement.
She said about 40 percent of U.S. gun transfers are conducted at gun shows by unlicensed sellers who are not required to conduct a background check.
The poll was conducted by Schoen LLC for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan coalition of more than 850 U.S. mayors. The data is the first to be released from a survey conducted in more than 60 states and congressional districts.
The poll was conducted between Feb. 15-18 in the 7th Congressional District.
“Congressman Walberg is our representative — it is his duty to support the overwhelming will of the people,” Brundage said.
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