In a survey of adults with at least one gun, more than 8 in 10 said they are in favor of universal background checks for all gun sales, including private sales and at gun shows.
Shooting range owner John Deloca fires his pistol at his range in Queens, N.Y.
Roughly two-thirds or more are in favor of raising the minimum age to buy an assault-style weapon to 21 , raising the age to buy any kind of gun to 21 and red flag laws . Other surveys, including ones conducted for NPR, have found majority support for this kind of measure when non-gun owners are factored in. There was a ban on such weapons for 10 years beginning in the mid-1990s. When it expired,“I do support that [an assault-style weapons ban] because I think that we should be protecting our kids,” said poll participant Lizzie, a 45 year old self-described conservative who lives in West Texas. She didn’t want her last name used.
“I don’t believe in banning them because I believe that everyone should have the right to bear arms, who legally owns arms in the United States. I don’t think we should take the right from American citizens who own guns legally, who should have guns.”technically legal at a federal levelAbout one in five gun owners say they own AR-15 style semi-automatic rifles, including a quarter of Republicans.
Less than half said it’s because they’re exercising their constitutional right to do so, though there was a partisan split on that with six in 10 Republicans saying that’s why they do versus just 17% of Democrats. Democrats were also less likely to say they own a gun for sport .
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