Gun Polls

The Gallup Poll. Oct. 11-14, 2004. N=1,012 adults nationwide. MoE Ã‚Â± 3.
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"In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?"
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		More Strict	Less Strict	Kept As Now	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%
	10/11-14/04	54	11	34	1
	1/9-11/04	60	6	34	-
	10/6-8/03	55	9	36	-
	10/14-17/02	51	11	36	2
	10/11-14/01	53	8	38	1
	5/5-7/00	62	5	31	2
	4/00	61	7	30	2
	12/99	60	10	29	1
	8/99	66	6	27	1
	6/99	62	6	31	1
	5/99	65	5	28	2
	4/99	66	7	25	2
	2/99	60	9	29	2
	4/95	62	12	24	2
	12/93	67	7	25	1
	3/93	70	4	24	2	.
	1991	68	5	25	2
	1990	78	2	17	3
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"Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons?"
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		Should	Should Not	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	10/11-14/04	36	63	1
	10/6-8/03	32	67	1
	10/14-17/02	32	65	3
	8/29 - 9/5/00	36	62	2
	4/99	38	59	3
	2/99	34	64	2
	12/93	39	60	1
	3/93	42	54	4
	3/91	43	53	4
	9/90	41	55	4
	1988	37	59	4
	10/87	42	50	8
	6/81	41	54	5
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"Do you think having a gun in the house makes it a safer place to be or a more dangerous place to be?" Options rotated
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		Safer	More Dangerous	Depends (vol.)	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%
	10/11-14/04	42	46	10	2
	8/29 - 9/5/00	35	51	11	3
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"Do you have a gun in your home?"
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		Yes	No	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	10/11-14/04	38	61	1
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"Are you for or against a law which would make it illegal to manufacture, sell, or possess semi-automatic guns known as assault rifles?"
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		For	Against	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	10/11-14/04	50	46	4

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Sept. 17-19, 2004. N=1,006 registered voters nationwide. MoE Ã‚Â± 3.
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"As you may know, the federal ban on assault weapons has expired, and certain types of guns that were banned in 1994 can now be legally sold again. Overall, are you satisfied that this law has expired, dissatisfied that it has expired, or does it not make a difference to you either way?"
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		%
	Satisfied	12
	Dissatisfied	61
	No difference	25
	Not sure	2

The Harris Poll. Sept. 9-13, 2004. N=1,018 adults nationwide. MoE Ã‚Â± 3 (for all adults).
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"In general, would you say you favor stricter gun control, or less strict gun control?"
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		Stricter	Less Strict	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	9/04	60	32	4	3
	5/00	63	28	6	4
	6/99	63	25	10	2
	4/98	69	23	7	1
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"A ban prohibiting the sales of assault rifles and high capacity ammunition magazines expires on September 14. Would you favor or oppose continuing this ban?"
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		Favor	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	71	26	4
	Republicans	72	25	3
	Democrats	72	27	1
	Independents	74	22	3

Gallup Poll. Jan. 12-15, 2004. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE Ã‚Â± 3.
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"Would you like to see gun laws in this country made more strict, less strict, or remain as they are?"
		More Strict	Less Strict	Remain As Are	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%
	1/04	53	12	34	1
	1/03	51	15	33	1
	1/02	53	14	32	1
	1/01	54	14	31	1

Earlier polling on guns

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