Facts on U.S. gun ownership and gun policy views
Here are seven key findings about Americans’ experiences with and attitudes toward guns, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys and other data sources.
Three-in-ten American adults (30%) say they personally own a gun, and an additional 11% say they live with someone who does,
Protection tops the list of reasons why gun owners have a gun,
A majority of Americans say gun laws should be stricter.
Many gun policy proposals are politically divisive, but there are some on which Republicans and Democrats agree,
2017 saw more gun deaths in the U.S. than any year in decades,
Pew Research Center
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/27/facts-about-guns-in-united-states/