Americans evenly divided at 49% on need for stricter gun lawsPRINCETON, NJ -- In Gallup polling conducted prior to last week's gun massacre at an immigrant center in Binghamton, N.Y., only 29% of Americans said the possession of handguns by private citizens should be banned in the United States. While similar to the 30% recorded in 2007, the latest reading is the smallest percentage favoring a handgun ban since Gallup first polled on this nearly 50 years ago.Public support for restricting the sale and possession of handguns to "police and other authorized persons" was relatively high in the early 1990s,...