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Toplines - Heartland Institute: Assault Rifles - November 13-14, 2019

Strong Voter Support for Second Amendment Doesn’t Extend to Assault Rifles
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 13-14, 2019
By The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports

 

1*Do you support legislation that would ban private ownership of “assault-style” rifles?

 

49% Yes
43% No
  8% Not sure

 

2*Do you support repealing the Second Amendment, which currently guarantees Americans’ right to “bear arms”?

 

24% Yes
66% No
10% Not sure

 

3*How likely is it that climate change will be catastrophic for humans, plants and animals – very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely or not at all likely?

 

43% Very likely
20% Somewhat likely
18% Not very likely
16% Not at all likely
  3% Not sure

 

 

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