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Questions - Gun Control - December 28-29, 2012

Most Feel Safer with Armed Security Guard at Child's School
New High: 51% Think U.S. Needs Stricter Gun Control Laws
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted December 28-29, 2012

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Does the United States need stricter gun control laws?

 

2* Will stricter gun control laws increase violent crime, decrease violent crime or have no impact on violent crime?

 

3* Does the United States need stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws?

 

4* Would posting an armed security guard in every school make schools more safe or less safe?

 

5* Who should determine whether armed security guards should be placed in school—the federal government, state governments or local governments?

 

6* Would you feel safer if your child attended a school where no adults were allowed to own a gun or a school with an armed security guard?

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