| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #20155 |
| 1 | In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| More Strict | 74% | 64% | 83% | 65% | 82% | 72% | 76% | 73% | 74% | 72% | 77% | 77% | 73% | 75% | 85% | 47% | 64% | 82% | 72% |
| Less Strict | 6% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 4% | 7% | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| Kept As They Are | 19% | 28% | 10% | 31% | 9% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 17% | 21% | 15% | 21% | 14% | 13% | 9% | 45% | 23% | 13% | 21% |
| No Opinion | 2% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 53% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 55% | 27% | 17% | 45% | 29% |
| 2 | Now we'd like to ask you your opinion of four measures that have been proposed to cover the sale of firearms. For each one, please tell me if you support it strongly, you support it but not strongly, you don't have an opinion either way, you oppose it but not strongly, or you oppose it strongly. Here's the first measure: Make it illegal to sell or own a semi-automatic gun known as an assault rifle, such as the AK47. |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Strongly Support | 68% | 71% | 65% | 65% | 70% | 65% | 74% | 67% | 69% | 75% | 65% | 61% | 58% | 67% | 74% | 54% | 60% | 69% | 72% |
| Support | 9% | 11% | 7% | 14% | 5% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 14% | 17% | 3% | 12% | 5% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| No Opinion | 4% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| Oppose | 6% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Strongly Oppose | 13% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 10% | 11% | 20% | 21% | 11% | 6% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 53% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 55% | 27% | 17% | 45% | 29% |
| 3 | Require that all guns, like cars, be registered with the state. |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Strongly Support | 80% | 72% | 88% | 80% | 85% | 77% | 78% | 83% | 77% | 82% | 87% | 80% | 74% | 74% | 83% | 75% | 60% | 76% | 94% |
| Support | 7% | 11% | 4% | 11% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 0% | 7% | 14% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 8% | 13% | 0% |
| No Opinion | 3% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Oppose | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Strongly Oppose | 6% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 2% | 12% | 22% | 5% | 1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 53% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 55% | 27% | 17% | 45% | 29% |
| 4 | Require that all gun buyers pass a criminal background check, whether they buy guns online, at a gun shop, or at a gun show. |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Strongly Support | 86% | 82% | 90% | 76% | 89% | 93% | 86% | 82% | 90% | 86% | 76% | 87% | 88% | 82% | 93% | 71% | 78% | 87% | 91% |
| Support | 8% | 11% | 6% | 20% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 12% | 4% | 9% | 15% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 1% | 25% | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| No Opinion | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Oppose | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
| Strongly Oppose | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 53% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 55% | 27% | 17% | 45% | 29% |
| 5 | Not allow a person to buy more than one gun a month. |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.8% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Strongly Support | 76% | 72% | 81% | 78% | 77% | 78% | 71% | 78% | 75% | 76% | 93% | 77% | 71% | 75% | 89% | 48% | 60% | 82% | 79% |
| Support | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 2% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 2% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 4% |
| No Opinion | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
| Oppose | 6% | 8% | 3% | 11% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 16% | 16% | 2% | 9% |
| Strongly Oppose | 7% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 3% | 14% | 16% | 5% | 6% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 53% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 55% | 27% | 17% | 45% | 29% |
| 6 | In general, do you feel that more laws are needed to deal with the sale of firearms, fewer laws are needed, or is there the right number of laws now - or don't you have an opinion one way or the other? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | ||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| More Laws Are Needed | 69% | 59% | 78% | 61% | 73% | 72% | 70% | 67% | 71% | 71% | 81% | 75% | 56% | 67% | 85% | 42% | 60% | 74% | 75% |
| Fewer Laws Are Needed | 5% | 8% | 2% | 0% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 9% | 15% | 4% | 4% |
| Right Number Of Laws | 17% | 23% | 11% | 25% | 9% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 9% | 34% | 23% | 12% | 14% |
| No Opinion | 9% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 6% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 20% | 6% | 3% | 16% | 3% | 9% | 8% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 19% | 53% | 47% | 53% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 55% | 27% | 17% | 45% | 29% |