ABC / Washington Post Poll - Most Support New Gun Restrictions -

 Gary Langer reports: With Vice President Joe Biden set to present recommendations that were prompted by the Newtown, Conn., school shootings last month, this latest poll shows overwhelming support for certain moves: Eighty-eight percent favor background checks on firearms buyers at gun shows; 76 percent support checks on buyers of ammunition and 71 percent back a new federal database that would track all gun sales.

Sixty-five percent also support banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, a high in three ABC/Post polls to test the idea since early 2011, and up by 6 percentage points since just after the Newtown shootings.

58 percent favor banning the sale of so-called assault weapons,

55 percent support the National Rifle Association's call for armed guards in schools

51 percent would ban semi-automatic handguns.

The Full Poll - http://abcn.ws/UZMb1x