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reportJun 28, 2023

Gun Violence Widely Viewed as a Major – and Growing – National Problem

Growing shares of Americans view both gun violence and violent crime as very big national problems. 49% of U.S. adults say gun ownership increases safety by allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves; an identical share says it reduces safety by giving too many people access to firearms and increasing misuse.
reportJun 21, 2023

Inflation, Health Costs, Partisan Cooperation Among the Nation’s Top Problems

Democrats hold the edge on many issues, but more Americans agree with Republicans on the economy, crime and immigration. Inflation remains the top concern for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, with 77% saying it is a very big problem. For Democrats and Democratic leaners, gun violence is the top concern, with about 81% saying it is a very big problem.
reportJul 11, 2022

Broad Public Approval of New Gun Law, but Few Say It Will Do a Lot To Stem Gun Violence

Republicans and Democrats differ sharply in views of the new gun law, its effectiveness and whether further gun legislation will be necessary. Roughly six-in-ten adults (63%) say they want to see Congress pass another round of legislation to address gun violence, compared with 35% who do not.
reportApr 20, 2021

Amid a Series of Mass Shootings in the U.S., Gun Policy Remains Deeply Divisive

While a few proposals continue to garner bipartisan support, partisan divisions on others – including a ban on assault-style weapons – have grown wider.
reportJan 9, 2020

Most Americans Say There Is Too Much Economic Inequality in the U.S., but Fewer Than Half Call It a Top Priority

About six-in-ten U.S. adults say there’s too much economic inequality in the country these days, and among that group, most say addressing it requires significant changes to the country’s economic system, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
reportJun 22, 2017

America’s Complex Relationship With Guns

Americans have broad exposure to guns, whether they personally own one or not. About seven-in-ten say they have fired a gun at some point and 42% currently live in a gun-owning household.
reportDec 15, 2015

Views of Government’s Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low

Survey Report Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public’s concerns about terrorism have surged and positive ratings of the government’s handling of terrorism have plummeted. But other attitudes relating to terrorism and security, as well as perceptions of whether Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence, have […]
reportMay 23, 2013

Broad Support for Renewed Background Checks Bill, Skepticism about Its Chances

Overview Following the Senate’s rejection of gun legislation last month, the public continues to overwhelmingly favor making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) say that if the Senate bill is reintroduced, Congress should pass it. However, even gun control advocates are pessimistic that new […]
reportMay 7, 2013

Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware

National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-term trend, though, are big differences by decade: Violence plunged through the 1990s, but has declined less dramatically since 2000.
reportJan 16, 2013

Obama’s Gun Policy Announcement

President Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden Wednesday unveiled their proposals for preventing the kind of mass shootings that most recently occurred at an elementary school in Newtown, Ct. Here are some of our public opinion findings that relate to some of what they had to say.

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Search results for: “gun violence”

Gun Violence Widely Viewed as a Major – and Growing – National Problem

Inflation, Health Costs, Partisan Cooperation Among the Nation’s Top Problems

Broad Public Approval of New Gun Law, but Few Say It Will Do a Lot To Stem Gun Violence

Amid a Series of Mass Shootings in the U.S., Gun Policy Remains Deeply Divisive

Views of Government’s Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low

Broad Support for Renewed Background Checks Bill, Skepticism about Its Chances

Obama’s Gun Policy Announcement

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