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Toplines - Gun Sales - June 24-25, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted June 24-25, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Are gun sales in the United States up because of the fear of increased crime or fear of increased government restriction on gun ownership?

23% Fear of increased crime

57% Fear of increased government restriction on gun ownership

21% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence