Public Attitudes toward Gun Control | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
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The Pew Research Center has been tracking attitudes about gun control for nearly 20 years. Our question asks whether it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, or to control gun ownership .
Our most recent survey on the issue, conducted July 26-29, 2012, shortly after a gunman killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, found that 47% said it was more important to control gun ownership, while 46% said it was more important to protect the rights of Americans to own guns. Opinions were largely unchanged from April 2012, when 45% prioritized gun control and 49% gun rights.
Recent mass shootings have had little impact on the public’s attitudes toward gun control.
Les événements n’influent quasiment pas sur les opinions.
Les opinions sont tranchées entre républicains et démocrates ; depuis 20 ans, l’opinion des démocrates évolue peu, alors que les républicains sont de plus en plus favorables au port d’arme.
The partisan gap in attitudes about gun control has widened considerably in recent years. In July, following the shootings in Colorado, 71% of Republicans said it was more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns while just 26% said it was more important to control gun ownership. Among Democrats, opinion was roughly the reverse: 72% said it was more important to control gun ownership while 21% prioritized gun rights. Independents were divided:50% said it was more important to protect gun rights; 43% said gun control was more important.
In 1993, fewer than half of Republicans (45%) prioritized gun rights over gun control. Democrats’ views over the past two decades, by contrast, have changed very little.
(article publié le 14/12, jour du massacre de Newton)
