Should Gun Control Laws Be Made More Strict, Less Strict, or Left As They Are (October 2017)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| More strict | 52% |
| Less strict | 13% |
| Left as they are now | 31% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 5% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 86% | 38% | 25% |
| Less strict | 4% | 16% | 19% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 41% | 51% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 5% | 5% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 91% | 77% | 89% |
| Less strict | 1% | 9% | 2% |
| Left as they are now | 5% | 13% | 3% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 1% | 6% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 19% | 43% | 14% |
| Less strict | 27% | 9% | 21% |
| Left as they are now | 51% | 40% | 60% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 7% | 4% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 87% | 63% | 23% |
| Less strict | 3% | 7% | 21% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 23% | 51% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 7% | 5% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 82% | 91% | 86% |
| Less strict | 1% | 2% | 6% |
| Left as they are now | 11% | 3% | 4% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 3% | 4% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 36% | 22% | 17% |
| Less strict | 12% | 18% | 31% |
| Left as they are now | 46% | 55% | 49% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 5% | 3% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 88% | 35% | 11% |
| Less strict | 2% | 11% | 38% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 51% | 50% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 2% | 1% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 43% | 74% | 61% |
| Less strict | 15% | 5% | 12% |
| Left as they are now | 38% | 13% | 21% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 7% | 7% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| More strict | 44% | 58% |
| Less strict | 21% | 6% |
| Left as they are now | 33% | 29% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 2% | 7% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 65% | 50% | 36% |
| Less strict | 10% | 13% | 17% |
| Left as they are now | 17% | 34% | 43% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 3% | 5% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 58% | 51% | 52% | 47% |
| Less strict | 14% | 16% | 12% | 10% |
| Left as they are now | 21% | 26% | 32% | 42% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 8% | 4% | 1% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 70% | 51% | 45% | 53% | 54% | 54% |
| Less strict | 11% | 14% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 15% |
| Left as they are now | 15% | 28% | 37% | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 5% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 46% | 48% | 62% | 66% |
| Less strict | 15% | 12% | 14% | 7% |
| Left as they are now | 33% | 38% | 19% | 21% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 40% | 49% | 71% |
| Less strict | 14% | 14% | 8% |
| Left as they are now | 39% | 33% | 19% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 4% | 3% |
