U.S.: laws for the sale of firearms
42 percent of the asked U.S. citizens in the U.S. believes that the laws governing the sale of firearms should remain as they currently are.
Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?
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Gallup. (November 22, 2010). Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup. "Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?." Chart. November 22, 2010. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup. (2010). Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup. "Should The Laws That Relate to The Sale of Firearms Rather Be Exacerbated, Attenuated, or Should They Rather Remain as They Currently Are?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup, Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are? [Graph], Gallup, November 22, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/