Would U.S. Be Safer Or Less Safe with More Guns (October 2017)
category | Total |
---|---|
Safer | 38% |
Less safe | 41% |
No impact | 14% |
Don't know/no opinion | 7% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 5% | 45% | 66% |
Less safe | 75% | 31% | 13% |
No impact | 14% | 15% | 14% |
Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 10% | 7% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 3% | 7% | 5% |
Less safe | 80% | 67% | 77% |
No impact | 15% | 19% | 10% |
Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 7% | 8% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 73% | 45% | 78% |
Less safe | 8% | 26% | 7% |
No impact | 16% | 18% | 10% |
Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 11% | 5% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 6% | 23% | 65% |
Less safe | 80% | 47% | 14% |
No impact | 9% | 19% | 15% |
Don't know/no opinion | 5% | 11% | 7% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 12% | 4% | 4% |
Less safe | 67% | 83% | 86% |
No impact | 15% | 8% | 5% |
Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 5% | 5% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 46% | 62% | 82% |
Less safe | 21% | 17% | 5% |
No impact | 25% | 13% | 10% |
Don't know/no opinion | 8% | 9% | 3% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 4% | 58% | 85% |
Less safe | 76% | 16% | 8% |
No impact | 14% | 19% | 4% |
Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 7% | 3% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 49% | 8% | 26% |
Less safe | 34% | 69% | 44% |
No impact | 12% | 14% | 21% |
Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 9% | 10% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Safer | 48% | 29% |
Less safe | 35% | 46% |
No impact | 15% | 13% |
Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 11% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 26% | 38% | 54% |
Less safe | 55% | 39% | 25% |
No impact | 11% | 17% | 13% |
Don't know/no opinion | 8% | 6% | 9% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Safer | 25% | 35% | 41% | 45% |
Less safe | 53% | 39% | 39% | 37% |
No impact | 12% | 15% | 13% | 15% |
Don't know/no opinion | 10% | 11% | 6% | 2% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Safer | 26% | 36% | 45% | 36% | 35% | 40% |
Less safe | 29% | 38% | 33% | 45% | 48% | 46% |
No impact | 34% | 17% | 13% | 15% | 11% | 10% |
Don't know/no opinion | 11% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Safer | 45% | 39% | 32% | 20% |
Less safe | 35% | 36% | 48% | 61% |
No impact | 13% | 17% | 11% | 15% |
Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 8% | 9% | 4% |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Safer | 44% | 43% | 20% |
Less safe | 33% | 36% | 62% |
No impact | 14% | 15% | 13% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 6% | 4% |