By Don Thompson, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters overwhelmingly favor additional controls on guns and ammunition, with women far more eager to regulate firearms than men, according to a Field Poll released Tuesday.

The survey found that 61 percent of voters say it is more important to control guns and ammunition than to protect the rights of gun owners. It's the biggest margin of support on that question since the Field Poll began asking it 1999.
More than eight in 10 voters favor spending more money to confiscate guns from convicted felons. Three-quarters favor permits and background checks for anyone buying ammunition.
Roughly 60 percent favor a tax on bullets to fund violence-prevention programs, outlawing ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets and banning rifles with detachable magazines.
When asked whether specially trained teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in school, 68 percent said no. That idea was opposed by 74 percent of women and 60 percent of men.