Should gun laws be more or less strict (August 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| More strict | 58% |
| Left as they are now | 25% |
| Less strict | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 84% | 53% | 36% |
| Left as they are now | 7% | 23% | 42% |
| Less strict | 7% | 17% | 19% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 7% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 85% | 79% | 85% |
| Left as they are now | 10% | 12% | 5% |
| Less strict | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 29% | 53% | 30% |
| Left as they are now | 47% | 37% | 43% |
| Less strict | 21% | 7% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 87% | 66% | 35% |
| Left as they are now | 7% | 19% | 42% |
| Less strict | 5% | 10% | 21% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 5% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 80% | 90% | 88% |
| Left as they are now | 10% | 6% | 5% |
| Less strict | 8% | 2% | 4% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 50% | 35% | 24% |
| Left as they are now | 33% | 46% | 43% |
| Less strict | 15% | 16% | 30% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| Left as they are now | 30% | 11% | 26% |
| Less strict | 17% | 8% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| More strict | 50% | 65% |
| Left as they are now | 27% | 24% |
| Less strict | 20% | 7% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 4% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 66% | 59% | 42% |
| Left as they are now | 20% | 25% | 36% |
| Less strict | 11% | 13% | 17% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 5% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 72% | 63% | 52% | 53% |
| Left as they are now | 13% | 19% | 29% | 36% |
| Less strict | 12% | 13% | 16% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 43% | 58% | 60% | 55% | 59% | 66% |
| Left as they are now | 45% | 22% | 26% | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| Less strict | 8% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 11% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 53% | 57% | 65% | 70% |
| Left as they are now | 30% | 28% | 17% | 16% |
| Less strict | 15% | 12% | 16% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 49% | 55% | 75% | 65% |
| Left as they are now | 32% | 29% | 11% | 16% |
| Less strict | 16% | 13% | 11% | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% | 2% | 6% |
