These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed August 28 - September 2, 2014 on children and guns. The results show that people tend to think that people should be teenagers before they begin the learn how to use guns. The margin of error is 3.9%.
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Generally speaking, at what age do you think it is appropriate for a person to learn how to fire a gun?
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