Should a parent be charged for failing to prevent a child from getting a gun?
ABC News.com Poll
3-7 March 2000
N=1,012 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. Field work by ICR.
“Say a child takes a gun owned by his parents and uses it to shoot someone. Do you think the parent should or should not be charged with a crime for failing to prevent the child from getting the gun?”
| % | |
| Should be charged | 75 |
| Should not be | 15 |
| No opinion | 10 |
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