Strictness of Gun Control Laws (February 2013)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
More strict | 44% |
Less strict | 16% |
Left as they are now | 36% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 80% | 39% | 14% |
Less strict | 3% | 22% | 26% |
Left as they are now | 12% | 35% | 58% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 4% | 3% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 10% | 21% | 13% |
Less strict | 34% | 20% | 24% |
Left as they are now | 55% | 49% | 63% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 10% | 0% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 84% | 62% | 84% |
Less strict | 1% | 7% | 2% |
Left as they are now | 13% | 22% | 8% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 9% | 6% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 83% | 55% | 20% |
Less strict | 4% | 9% | 26% |
Left as they are now | 11% | 27% | 52% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 9% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 36% | 15% | 14% |
Less strict | 14% | 24% | 36% |
Left as they are now | 45% | 59% | 49% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 2% | 1% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 78% | 88% | 83% |
Less strict | 4% | 5% | 5% |
Left as they are now | 17% | 4% | 11% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 1% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 84% | 23% | 6% |
Less strict | 3% | 18% | 40% |
Left as they are now | 10% | 55% | 54% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 34% | 81% | 54% |
Less strict | 19% | 4% | 12% |
Left as they are now | 44% | 8% | 28% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 6% | 6% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
More strict | 40% | 48% |
Less strict | 24% | 10% |
Left as they are now | 35% | 37% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 6% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 56% | 41% | 34% |
Less strict | 11% | 17% | 22% |
Left as they are now | 29% | 38% | 40% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 4% | 4% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More strict | 58% | 42% | 43% | 45% | 41% | 54% |
Less strict | 14% | 15% | 19% | 14% | 17% | 13% |
Left as they are now | 24% | 39% | 33% | 40% | 39% | 29% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 3% | 4% |