Would the U.S. be Safer or Less Safe with More Guns (June 2022)
category | Total |
---|---|
More safe | 34% |
Less safe | 43% |
No impact on safety | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 9% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 9% | 27% | 57% |
Less safe | 77% | 35% | 16% |
No impact on safety | 8% | 20% | 19% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 18% | 9% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 10% | 10% | 8% |
Less safe | 74% | 70% | 83% |
No impact on safety | 8% | 13% | 6% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 7% | 3% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 59% | 43% | 62% |
Less safe | 14% | 27% | 12% |
No impact on safety | 17% | 18% | 20% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 11% | 7% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 8% | 19% | 57% |
Less safe | 82% | 48% | 15% |
No impact on safety | 6% | 17% | 20% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 16% | 7% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 16% | 6% | 4% |
Less safe | 73% | 81% | 90% |
No impact on safety | 6% | 8% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 5% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 35% | 64% | 64% |
Less safe | 25% | 13% | 12% |
No impact on safety | 26% | 18% | 18% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 6% | 5% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 42% | 14% | 26% |
Less safe | 37% | 62% | 46% |
No impact on safety | 14% | 10% | 19% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 14% | 9% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
More safe | 41% | 27% |
Less safe | 38% | 47% |
No impact on safety | 15% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 11% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
More safe | 23% | 34% | 48% |
Less safe | 52% | 45% | 23% |
No impact on safety | 18% | 13% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 7% | 14% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
More safe | 31% | 28% | 36% | 38% |
Less safe | 44% | 46% | 40% | 42% |
No impact on safety | 14% | 15% | 15% | 16% |
Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 11% | 9% | 4% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More safe | 43% | 33% | 35% | 39% | 29% | 36% |
Less safe | 22% | 36% | 39% | 44% | 50% | 49% |
No impact on safety | 29% | 21% | 15% | 6% | 15% | 12% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 4% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
More safe | 47% | 33% | 22% | 17% |
Less safe | 29% | 41% | 52% | 66% |
No impact on safety | 14% | 19% | 16% | 11% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 7% | 10% | 7% |
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 safe | 48% | 38% | 16% | 20% |
Less safe | 27% | 38% | 69% | 29% |
No impact on safety | 17% | 16% | 11% | 25% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 9% | 5% | 26% |