Handguns

YouGov
April 05, 2011, 5:00 PM GMT+0

In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, 45% support stricter laws on the sale of handguns. But there is a partisan and a gender gap. Two-thirds of Democrats would make handgun laws stricter; just 22% of Republicans would.

In general, do you feel the laws covering the sale of handguns should be...

Party Gender

More strict

45%

64%

22%

43%

40%

49%

Kept as they are

34%

25%

48%

39%

36%

33%

Less strict

13%

4%

24%

14%

17%

9%

Not sure

8%

7%

7%

4%

8%

9%

Men and women have different opinions on this, too. Half of women would make gun laws stricter; 40% of men would. Twice as many men as women would make them less strict.

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