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Gun policy

Firearms regulation and Second Amendment rights.

Soapbox Score on this issue (last 30 days)
R+0.9
242 mentions across 181 episodes
Lean trend · L ↔ R
Range Even to R+5.0 · rolling 7-day index
Attention trend · mention volume
Peak 112 · Low 2 · rolling 7-day mention count
Left-leaning position
Stronger gun control — background checks, restrictions, assault-weapon limits.
Right-leaning position
Protect Second Amendment rights; oppose new restrictions.
Who's driving this issue this week
Gun policy is R+0.3 over the last 7 days, weighted by audience reach.
ABC NewsM
L+4.36× · 20M
The HillM
R+9.64× · 2.1M
Benny JohnsonR
R+8.33× · 6.1M
Fox NewsR
R+9.01× · 16M
BBC NewsM
R+5.02× · 20M
MS NOW (MSNBC)L
L+6.02× · 10M
The Officer TatumR
R+7.02× · 3.9M
Morning JoeL
L+9.04× · 300K
The Chris Cuomo ProjectM
L+2.810× · 663K
Sidebar with Viva FreiR
R+9.23× · 653K
Secular Talk (Kyle Kulinski)L
L+9.61× · 2.3M
CBS NewsM
L+2.74× · 7.1M
110 mentions
← Pulls LPulls R →
The Hill · R+9.6

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ABC News · L+4.3

“So far in 2026, there have been more than 50 school shootings in the United States, this one only the latest in a string of them that have stricken the nation for the last three decades.”

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Each bar is a show's reach-weighted pull on this issue this week - longer means a bigger push, the side shows which way. Bar color is the show's stance on this issue; the L/M/R badge is the show's usual politics. They can disagree - a left show can post a red bar (e.g. attacking pharma reads MAHA-coded right). Plus 38 more shows. How reach weighting works →

Channels covering this issue

last 30 days, sorted by share of voice
MABC News
L+4.7
7 mentions · share-of-voice weight 128
MThe Hill
R+9.6
7 mentions · share-of-voice weight 75
RBenny Johnson
R+8.5
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 66
RThe Officer Tatum
R+5.0
5 mentions · share-of-voice weight 61
LLegal AF
L+2.0
9 mentions · share-of-voice weight 57
MThe Chris Cuomo Project
L+2.8
10 mentions · share-of-voice weight 50
LMS NOW (MSNBC)
L+6.2
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 49
RSidebar with Viva Frei
R+9.3
9 mentions · share-of-voice weight 47
MCBS News
L+2.7
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 47
MBBC News
R+5.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 40
ROANN
R+9.5
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 37
LParkergetajob
L+5.0
7 mentions · share-of-voice weight 36
MNBC News
L+2.5
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 31
RThe Ben Shapiro Show
L+3.4
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 29
LMeidasTouch Network
R+3.4
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 28
LMorning Joe
L+8.1
7 mentions · share-of-voice weight 27
RThe Charlie Kirk Show
R+3.4
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 27
RFox News
R+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 26
LThe Joy Reid Show
L+7.9
7 mentions · share-of-voice weight 25
LIndisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey
L+6.9
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 24
RFox News Clips
R+8.9
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 23
LAdam Mockler
R+9.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 23
LSecular Talk (Kyle Kulinski)
L+9.3
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 23
MThe Lead with Jake Tapper
L+3.9
7 mentions · share-of-voice weight 23
MPBS NewsHour
L+3.5
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 21
RThe Sean Hannity Show
R+8.7
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 19
LThe Jimmy Dore Show
R+9.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 18
RTimcast News
R+7.2
6 mentions · share-of-voice weight 17
RLouder with Crowder
L+5.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 16
RTucker Carlson
L+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 16
LVox
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 16
RLiberal Hivemind
L+5.4
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 15
LThe Briefing with Jen Psaki
L+8.1
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 15
MAnderson Cooper 360
L+0.7
5 mentions · share-of-voice weight 15
RNewsmax
R+9.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 14
RMorning Wire (Daily Wire)
R+6.7
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 14
LReally American
R+1.7
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 13
MThe Fox News Rundown
R+5.1
5 mentions · share-of-voice weight 13
LThe View
L+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 12
RThe Matt Walsh Show
L+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 12
RMichael Knowles
R+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 11
RJesse Lee Peterson
L+4.5
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 11
RBreitbart News
R+9.6
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 11
MThe Smerconish Podcast
L+7.2
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 11
MNewsNation
R+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 11
MThe NPR Politics Podcast
L+4.8
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 11
LDeadline: White House
L+6.6
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 10
MCBS Evening News
0.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 10
MThe Scott Jennings Podcast
R+7.5
4 mentions · share-of-voice weight 10
LThe Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
L+7.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 10
RPat Gray Unleashed
R+8.8
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 9
LI've Had It
L+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 9
RThe Benny Show
R+9.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 9
MBloomberg Television
0.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 8
RThe PBD Podcast
L+5.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 8
RBlazeTV
R+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 7
RThe Dana Show with Dana Loesch
R+7.4
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 7
MThe Source with Kaitlan Collins
L+7.0
3 mentions · share-of-voice weight 7
LPod Save America
L+7.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 7
RWSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
R+0.5
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 7
RThe World and Everything in It
R+6.7
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
MMeet the Press
L+1.4
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
RThe Fallen State
L+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
LDestiny
R+7.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
LAll In with Chris Hayes
L+7.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
LWhat A Day
L+6.8
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
LThe Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
L+3.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 6
RJohn Solomon Reports
R+5.4
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
RThe Gerry Callahan Show
R+9.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
RChicks on The Right
R+6.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
RThe Jesse Kelly Show
R+8.3
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
LThom Hartmann Program
L+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
LTHE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
R+10.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
LStay Tuned with Preet
L+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 5
RReal America's Voice (RAV)
R+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
LEgberto Off The Record
R+4.2
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
LTYT Investigates
0.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
LThe MeidasTouch Podcast
L+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
RAmerican Conservative University
R+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
LToday, Explained
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
RVictor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
R+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
RThe Larry Elder Show
R+7.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 4
RThe Wright Report
L+8.4
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
RThe Guy Benson Show
0.0
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
RSpot On with Link Lauren
R+9.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
MLeft, Right & Center
R+2.3
2 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
RRuthless Podcast
R+4.2
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
RConservative Review with Daniel Horowitz
R+9.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
RSteve Deace Show
R+10.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
MThe Rest Is Politics US
R+5.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
LNew York Times Podcasts
L+5.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
MThe Rest Is Politics: US
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 3
LThe Warning with Steve Schmidt
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
LKatie Phang
0.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
RRelatable with Allie Beth Stuckey
0.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
LLovett or Leave It
0.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
RPod Force One
R+7.6
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
LThe Beat with Ari Melber
L+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
LThe Jim Acosta Show
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
MTangle
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2
RCommentary Magazine Podcast
R+5.0
1 mentions · share-of-voice weight 2