America’s right to own guns?
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
18-22 April 2007
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. N=1,508 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
“Would you favor or oppose a law that banned the sale of handguns?”
| Favor | Oppose | Unsure | |
| % | % | % | |
| 18-22 April 2007 | 37 | 55 | 8 |
| 15-19 March 2000 | 47 | 47 | 6 |
| Sept 1999 | 46 | 50 | 4 |
| May 1999 | 44 | 50 | 6 |
| Dec 1993 | 45 | 51 | 4 |
“What do you think is more important – to protect the right of Americans to own guns, or to control gun ownership?”
| Right to Own Guns | Control Ownership | Unsure | |
| % | % | % | |
| 18-22 April 2007 | 32 | 60 | 8 |
| Feb 2004 | 37 | 58 | 5 |
| June 2003 | 42 | 54 | 4 |
| May 2000 | 38 | 57 | 5 |
| April 2000 | 37 | 55 | 8 |
| March 2000 | 29 | 66 | 5 |
| June 1999 | 33 | 62 | 5 |
| May 1999 | 30 | 65 | 5 |
| Dec 1993 | 34 | 57 | 9 |
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