If you listen to CNN or MSNBC, one would think that all young people have the same views on this topic. It isn't obvious that these young people know that much about guns or gun control, but they are deeply involved in the current debate. A USA Today survey from...
Being a real estate agent often means having to go to strange places and sometimes meeting strange people on your own. It is understandable that these agents are concerned for their safety, particularly the women. A new survey by the National Association of Realtors...
One of the big questions about concealed carry is how frequently permit holders carry their guns. At least 6.5% of the adult population has a concealed handgun permit, but with 14 states allowing people to carry without a permit, it is hard to know how many people...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News about the claim that there is a "women's view" on guns. Is there a women’s view on guns? The organizers of the massive Women's March — which took place the day after President Trump's inauguration — are holding a protest...
Dr. John Lott's latest op-ed in The Hill newspaper starts this way: A brand new PEW Research Center survey last week shows that gun ownership by households is up to 42 percent — an increase of 5 percentage points in the past four years. dYet, few mainstream media...
A new poll from Sky News finds that there is massive support for arming police with guns: The vast majority of Britons support routinely arming police officers in the UK, a Sky Data poll reveals. Some 72% of the public say police officers should be routinely armed,...
UPDATE January 27, 2014: In a new national ad, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords again implies that since 90% of Americans support background checks that means that they will support the legislation that she is pushing. "What is Congress afraid of? Nine out of 10...
The new Harvard-Northeastern survey is very disappointing. There are two points to this survey. That the percentage of the population owning guns is falling and that a very small percent of the population is buying a huge number of guns. The new book The War on...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Two weeks ago, the PEW Research Center released a survey showing that gun ownership by households is up to 44% — a 7-percentage point increase in the past two years. Another 5% of households won’t reveal...
The rest of the Gallup Poll results are available here. There are other poll numbers there that show support for other gun control laws. Links are here regarding the questions on an assault weapon ban and the No-fly list.
According to CNN, only 41% of Americans think that Obama's executive regulations will reduce the number of gun-related deaths, but 67% still support it, with 43% saying that they strongly support the move. This raises the concern that Republicans harping only on...
There has been a sharp rise in concern over terrorism, with few Americans believing that the government can stop lone-wolf attacks (22-77 percent) and not many more can stop a large scale attack (43-56 percent). A new Gallup poll shows that terrorism has become the...