in may, 2021, the pew research center reported the results from one its surveys about whether us adults support stricter gun laws. to obtain a random sample of us adults, pew mailed invitations via the us postal service to randomly selected address-based households in the united states. the adult member of the household with the next birthday was invited to participate in the survey. of the 5,970 households who received invitations, 5,109 completed the survey in april, 2021. of those who were interviewed, 53% supported stricter guns laws than currently exist in the united states.