New surveys by ABC News/Washington Post and CBS News/New York Times show that the drop in support for a nationwide ban in so-called "assault weapons" mirrors the general decline in support for gun control that has been observed in the last couple of decades...
Survey on gun ownership
Gun Control is the Strongest Election Issue for Republicans over Democrats and that is the one topic that they have been getting even stronger on
The new PEW Research Center Poll shows that gun control is the strongest issue that Republicans have over Democrats, and that gap has been growing. And while Democrats have been getting stronger against Republicans on abortion, foreign policy, taxes and terrorism,...
Gallup: By a 56 to 41 Percent Majority, Americans Believe that More People Carrying Concealed Handguns make US Safer
For almost all categories of Americans, there is significant support for the notion that allowing people to carry permitted concealed handguns makes Americans safer. Only Democrats and those with a post-graduate education do not believe this, but that doesn't mean...
UPDATED: Trend of people feeling that guns make them safer continues: “Americans Prefer Living in Neighborhoods With Guns”
Last November and December, we posted discussions of recent Gallup, Washington Post-ABC News, and PEW surveys showing that people viewed gun ownership made them feel safer. Now a new Rasmussen survey shows that Americans feel safer when others in their neighborhood...
CPRC Survey of economists gets front page mention in the Washington Times
The Washington Times covered our survey of economists that was conducted by Professor Gary Mauser. Stephen Dinan's article that compared our survey to one done at the same time by David Hemenway: . . . Take Mr. Mauser’s question about self-defense and crimes: While...
New survey on the views of academic economists who research guns
The CPRC is releasing a new survey entitled: "Economists’ views on guns: Crime, suicides, and right-to-carry concealed handgun laws" (shorter published version is available here). The survey of economists conducted from August 25th to September 12th 2014 found...
One reason that the surveys on gun ownership may underestimate the number of gun owners
We have pointed out the conflicting polls on the percent of population owning guns, but there is a good reason to believe that these surveys have missed any increase in gun ownership because of an increasing distrust that Americans have in telling pollsters whether...
CPRC at Fox News: “Why most Americans oppose more gun control”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: A new Pew Research Center survey finds that, for the first time in their surveys, the majority of Americans oppose more gun control. Gallup and CNN polls tell a similar story. Opposition to gun control has been...
UPDATED: New Pew Survey shows that support for gun ownership increasing, mirrors other surveys showing that people believe guns make them safer
The newly released Pew Research Center survey shows that 47 percent of Americans want to "protect the right of Americans to own guns" versus 50 percent who support "control of gun ownership." It also supports other polls by Gallup and CNN that show that opposition to...
Gallup Survey Shows how people’s views on the benefits of guns has change over the last 15 years
According to Gallup, there has been a massive increase in the percent of the population who views that safety is increased by having guns in the home. With the exception of Democrats, every single demographic group that Gallup breaks out thinks that having a gun in...
So much for the claim that “Nine out of 10 Americans support [expanded] background checks”
It is frequently claimed that 90 percent of Americans support the expanded background check bills that are being considered before different legislatures, though other surveys indicate that support for the actual bills is below 50 percent. Well, gun control advocates...
Gallup survey on why people own guns: Personal safety is by far the #1 reason
Gallup claims that concerns about personal protection is the reason that support for more gun control has dropped to 47 percent, with 52 percent wanting to either keep the current regulations or eliminate some of them. Personal protection is the top reason Americans...