This statistic shows the results of a survey among adult Americans on what they consider more important - the right to bear arms or controlling gun ownership. The survey was conducted in July 2012, shortly after the Aurora shootings. During the survey, 46 percent of respondents said they believed that the right to own guns was more important.
What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012)
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Pew Research Center. (July 30, 2012). What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012)." Chart. July 30, 2012. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2012). What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "What Do You Think Is More Important - Protecting The Right of Americans to Own Guns, or Controlling Gun Ownership? (United States, July 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/ (last visited May 23, 2024)
What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012) [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 30, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/