Nanny Bloomberg hardest hit.

Via The Hill:

Support for new gun control measures has dropped 10 points from the days following the December shooting at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school, according to a survey released Tuesday by CBS News.

According to the poll, 47 percent believe gun control laws should be more strict, while 11 percent want fewer regulations on gun purchases and 39 percent say laws should be kept as they are. That’s a substantial drop from December, when 57 percent backed stronger new gun controls.

There remains a sharp partisan split, with two-thirds of Democrats saying they believe gun control laws should be more strict, while 52 percent of Republicans believe they should be kept as they are. Independents are nearly evenly divided, with 43 percent advocating stricter gun control laws and 39 percent preferring the status quo.

More than half of women (55 percent) say they support new measures, while just 39 percent of men want stricter laws. Half of current gun owners say they want to keep gun regulations as they are, while a quarter back stronger gun control measures.

Still, support for new gun controls remains higher than it was following mass shootings in Aurora, Colo. and Tuscon, Ariz. — evidence that the Newtown killing spree, which left 20 schoolchildren and six educators dead, has had particular resonance.