A new Gallup poll reveals that while the overall number of gun owners in the US has remained stable, there are significant changes in who owns guns. The study shows that Republican women are increasingly likely to own guns, while gun ownership among Democratic and independent men is declining.
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.
According to Gallup’s annual gun ownership survey, Democratic and independent men are seeing declines in gun ownership, but the reduction has been offset by a rise in another demographic. According to Gallup, the percentage of Republican women who own a gun has increased from 19% in 2007-2012 to 33% in 2019-2024. Gun ownership among Democratic men, meanwhile, has fallen seven percentage points to 29% and five points among independent men, to 39%. Republican men are still the most likely to own a gun at 60%.Gender is still the top predictor of gun ownership. Men (43%) are more than twice as likely as women (20%) 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 (38%) and Democrats (22%). Now, that gap is 28 points (47% and 19%, respectively).Republicans are currently 1.5 times more likely than non-Republicans to own a gun, and Democrats are 1.3 times less likely than non-Democrats to own a gun. Previous Gallup analyses didn’t identify politics as a big indicator of gun ownership. The latest data show a wide gap in gun ownership rates between people who identify as rural (51%) and big city residents (20%). The majority of rural residents say they own a gun, while Americans who live in cities, towns or suburbs generally have gun ownership rates closer to the national average
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