The Newsweek poll is a study in contrasts.
At the same time that that majority said the shootings are a mental health problem, not a guns problem, "66 percent of respondents describe the Uvalde school shooting as "an act of violence," while 53 percent said that it was "an act of mental illness."
I think the public's view on this is muddled, but that's not news.
And even with that, in another poll, "Around 41 percent of respondents said that stricter gun laws would have prevented the shootings, while 40 percent said they wouldn't have. Meanwhile, 18 percent said that they are not sure."
I have to say that I am in the "not sure" category, because new laws for the sake of new laws are no assurance of protection - but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be, either.