This survey shows the attitude towards gun control in the U.S. in 2011, by generation. In 2011, 50 percent of Baby Boomers stated that the protection of gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership.
What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership?
(by generation, United States, 2011)
Characteristic
Total
Millennial
Gen X
Boomers
Silent
Protecting gun rights
47%
43%
46%
50%
49%
Controlling gun ownership
49%
55%
50%
44%
44%
Don't know
5%
2%
4%
5%
7%
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Millennial (18-30 years olds): 381 people.
Generation X (31-46 year olds): 493 people.
Baby Boomer (47-65 year olds): 905 people.
Silent (66-83 olds): 513 people.
Figures may not add to 100% because of rounding.
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Pew Research Center. (November 3, 2011). What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? (by generation, United States, 2011) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207092/attitude-towards-gun-control-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? (by generation, United States, 2011)." Chart. November 3, 2011. Statista. Accessed May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207092/attitude-towards-gun-control-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. (2011). What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? (by generation, United States, 2011). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207092/attitude-towards-gun-control-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "What Is More Important, Protecting Gun Rights or Controlling Gun Ownership? (by Generation, United States, 2011)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207092/attitude-towards-gun-control-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center, What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? (by generation, United States, 2011) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207092/attitude-towards-gun-control-in-the-us-by-generation/ (last visited May 12, 2025)
What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? (by generation, United States, 2011) [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 3, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/207092/attitude-towards-gun-control-in-the-us-by-generation/
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