Key facts about Americans and guns | Pew Research Center - 0 views
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For instance, 44% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they personally own a gun, compared with 20% of Democrats and Democratic leaners.
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And 41% of adults living in rural areas report owning a firearm, compared with about 29% of those living in the suburbs and two-in-ten living in cities.
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including hunting (40%), nonspecific recreation or sport (11%), that their gun was an antique or a family heirloom (6%) or that the gun was related to their line of work (5%)
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Only one issue is viewed as a very big problem by a majority of Americans: the affordability of health care (56%).
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Republicans are currently more likely to say gun laws should be less strict (27%) than stricter (20%).
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About half of adults (49%) say there would be fewer mass shootings if it was harder for people to obtain guns legally, while about as many either say this would make no difference (42%) or that there would be more mass shootings (9%).
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Around a third (34%) say that if more people owned guns, there would be more crime. The same percentage (34%) say there would be no difference in crime, while 31% say there would be less crime.
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preventing those with mental illnesses from purchasing guns (85% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats support this)
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subjecting private gun sales and gun show sales to background checks (70% of Republicans, 92% of Democrats).
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While 80% or more Democrats favor creating a federal database to track all gun sales and banning both assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, majorities of Republicans oppose these proposals.
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support allowing people to carry concealed guns in more places (72%) and allowing teachers and school officials to carry guns in K-12 schools (66%). These proposals are supported by just 20% and 24% of Democrats
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gun owners are generally less likely than non-owners to favor policies that restrict access to guns.
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Republicans who don’t own a gun (57%) say they favor creating a federal government database to track all gun sales, while 30% of Republican gun owners say the same.