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title: "The NRA’s Image Improves as Support for Gun Control Slips"
description: "Each year since its occurrence in 1999, the April 20 anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy renews debate about the desirability of stricter controls on firearms. Recent surveys, however, find Americans less disposed to gun control than they were in the years surrounding the shootings. Read full analysis at Pewresearch.org"
date: "2007-04-04"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2007/04/04/the-nras-image-improves-as-support-for-gun-control-slips-2/"
---

# The NRA’s Image Improves as Support for Gun Control Slips

Each year since its occurrence in 1999, the April 20 anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy renews debate about the desirability of stricter controls on firearms. Recent surveys, however, find Americans less disposed to gun control than they were in the years surrounding the shootings. [Read full analysis at Pewresearch.org](https://www.pewresearch.org/2007/04/04/the-nras-image-improves-as-support-for-gun-control-slips/)