Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Agree a Gun Makes
the Home Safer
by AWR Hawkins 8 Nov 2014, 8:59 AM PDT
A new Gallup poll shows that nearly two-thirds of
Americans agree that a gun makes the home safer, rather than "more
dangerous."
This figure is nearly double the percentage of those who
said a gun makes the home safer in 2000.
The poll was released on Nov. 7. According to Gallup,
a record-high "63 percent" of those polled said a gun makes their
home safer. When the responses were divided along political party affiliation,
Gallup found "81 percent" of Republicans and "64 percent"
of Independents believed a gun made their homes safer, versus only "41
percent" of Democrats.
This squares with a Washington Post/ABC News poll Breitbart News reported
in May in which Independents overwhelming supported the GOP approach to
protecting gun rights over the Democrat approach to restricting them.
Another interesting aspect of the newly released Gallup poll
is that a clear majority of women believe a gun in the home makes the home
safer as well. "58 percent" of women said a gun makes the home safer
versus "34 percent" who say it makes the home "more
dangerous."
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