July 2012 Gun owners support commonsense public safety measures in contrast to public perception Gun owners including significant majorities of NRA members support laws ID: 188115
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Slide1
Gun Owners Poll
July
2012Slide2
Gun owners
support
common-sense public safety measures – in contrast to public perception.
Gun owners – including significant majorities of NRA members – support laws
protecting public safety.
- Gun owners believe
personal freedom
and
public safety
can – and should – coexist. Slide3
Gun owners believe 2
nd
Amendment rights and public safety laws can coexist.
15%
85%
Agree
Disagree
Total
Non-NRA
NRA
85%
83%
87%
AGREE
10%9%12%DISAGREE
Support for 2
nd
Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping illegal guns out of the hands of criminals.Slide4
Over half (53%) of non-NRA members and 57% of NRA members believe the statement, “Everyone who wants to buy a gun has to pass a background check to complete the purchase” is true.
They’re wrong.
Gun owners’ knowledge of existing laws
is tenuous. Slide5
Gun owners support common-sense public safety measures to keep guns away from criminals.
Total
Non-NRA
NRA
82%
87%
74%
Requiring a criminal background check of anyone purchasing a gun.
80%
80%
79%
Requiring gun retailers to perform background checks on all employees to ensure they are not felons. Slide6
Gun owners support common-sense public safety measures to keep guns away from criminals.
Total
Non-NRA
NRA
76%
80
%
71%
Prohibiting people on the terrorist watch list from purchasing guns.
68%
71%
64%
A proposal requiring gun owners to alert police if their guns are lost or stolen. Slide7
Gun owners support common-sense standards for who should carry a concealed, loaded weapon in public.
TOTAL
NON-NRA
NRA
80%
84%
74%
Concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants who have completed gun safety training.
69%
74%
63%
Concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants 21 years old or older.Slide8
Gun owners support common-sense standards for who should carry a concealed, loaded weapon in public.
TOTAL
NON-NRA
NRA
78%
81%
75%
Concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants who have NOT committed any violent misdemeanors, such as assault.
73%
78%
68%
Concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants who do NOT have prior arrests for domestic violence.Slide9
Methodology
We polled 945 gun owners nationwide (margin of error
+
3%) in May 2012.
The sample was divided evenly by gun owners who were current or lapsed members of the NRA, and non-NRA gun owners.Slide10
it’s not
what you
say
it’s
what people
hear