---
title: "Public Views About Guns"
description: "Explore 20 years of data on public opinion about gun control vs. gun rights."
date: "2017-06-22"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2017/06/22/public-views-about-guns/"
categories:
  - "Gun Policy"
  - "Political Issues"
---

# Public Views About Guns

# Public Views About Guns

The Pew Research Center has tracked shifting public attitudes about guns over the past 20 years. Explore our polling data below to public opinion on guns across demographic groups and [read the latest report on these findings](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/americas-complex-relationship-with-guns/).

**Question:** What do you think is more important – to protect the right of Americans to own guns, OR to control gun ownership?