Only 40 percent of Americans say access to firearms under our current system is the main reason for mass shooting in the country, while 48 percent say that our failed mental health system is the leading cause of these tragedies, according to a new Gallup Poll. Meanwhile, approximately six out of ten Americans surveyed by the Rasmussen organization after last Monday’s tragic shooting at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard said they considered it unlikely that tougher gun-control laws would have prevented that shooting.

According to Rasmussen, support for more gun control has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year with only 33 percent of Americans believing that it’s at least “somewhat likely” that stricter gun-control laws would have prevented the mass shooting in Washington. A third poll, this one released last week by AP-NORC, shows that a growing number of our countrymen feel that the government is not doing a good enough job of protecting our Second Amendment rights.