A CNN poll shows more than 70 percent of Americans support stricter gun control, marking the highest level of support in 25 years.<br /> It was conducted from last Tuesday to Friday and came in the wake of the Florida school shooting earlier this month, which left 17 people dead. <br />Only 27 percent of the one-thousand-16 surveyed said they oppose tougher measures <br />According to CNN, just 52 percent supported new gun control legislation in a survey conducted last October just after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.<br />The latest poll had a margin error of plus or minus three-point-seven percentage points. <br />