While the overall percentage of gun owners in the U.S. remains steady at 31%, Gallup's latest poll reveals a notable shift in gun ownership demographics. Democratic and independent men are seeing declines in ownership, while Republican women are experiencing a significant increase.
The number of people who own a gun in the U.S. has held steady, but gun ownership demographics show a notable change in who does – and doesn’t – keep a gun in their household, according to the latest Gallup poll. About 31% of U.S. adults personally own a gun, while another 13% say they live in a home with a gun that belongs to someone else.
Men are more than twice as likely as women to own a gun, but the gap has shrunk by 7 points in the past decade. The gender gap is smaller, but the political party gap is bigger when it comes to gun ownership, Gallup says. From 2007-2012, personal gun ownership rates differed by 16 points among Republicans and Democrats . Now, that gap is 28 points .Republicans are currently 1.5 times more likely than non-Republicans to own a gun, and Democrats are 1.
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