Would U.S. Be Safer or Less Safe With More Guns (June 2018)
category | Total |
---|---|
More safe | 37% |
Less safe | 39% |
No impact on safety | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 9% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 11% | 27% | 64% |
Less safe | 73% | 31% | 10% |
No impact on safety | 11% | 30% | 17% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 11% | 9% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 13% | 8% | 10% |
Less safe | 71% | 69% | 76% |
No impact on safety | 8% | 15% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 8% | 4% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 72% | 47% | 70% |
Less safe | 6% | 18% | 7% |
No impact on safety | 20% | 19% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 16% | 9% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 8% | 20% | 66% |
Less safe | 77% | 44% | 11% |
No impact on safety | 11% | 21% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 15% | 8% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 8% | 9% | 7% |
Less safe | 69% | 77% | 83% |
No impact on safety | 17% | 9% | 8% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 4% | 1% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 55% | 66% | 72% |
Less safe | 16% | 12% | 6% |
No impact on safety | 16% | 15% | 14% |
Don't know/No opinion | 13% | 6% | 7% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 9% | 61% | 70% |
Less safe | 74% | 12% | 12% |
No impact on safety | 11% | 18% | 13% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 9% | 5% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 44% | 13% | 32% |
Less safe | 34% | 64% | 39% |
No impact on safety | 15% | 15% | 18% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 9% | 11% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
More safe | 46% | 29% |
Less safe | 36% | 42% |
No impact on safety | 13% | 17% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 12% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 26% | 39% | 49% |
Less safe | 50% | 37% | 26% |
No impact on safety | 15% | 16% | 16% |
Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 8% | 9% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
More safe | 36% | 30% | 40% | 42% |
Less safe | 40% | 47% | 35% | 36% |
No impact on safety | 13% | 13% | 17% | 17% |
Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 10% | 8% | 5% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More safe | 20% | 39% | 43% | 37% | 37% | 28% |
Less safe | 36% | 34% | 36% | 38% | 42% | 54% |
No impact on safety | 24% | 18% | 10% | 18% | 15% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 19% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 3% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
More safe | 47% | 36% | 29% | 20% |
Less safe | 30% | 38% | 44% | 60% |
No impact on safety | 14% | 16% | 20% | 13% |
Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 10% | 7% | 7% |
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 safe | 49% | 40% | 19% |
Less safe | 28% | 35% | 64% |
No impact on safety | 15% | 17% | 12% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 8% | 5% |