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Questions - Gun Crimes - May 8-9, 2013

64% Who Favor More Gun Control Believe Gun Crime Has Gone Up
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted May 8-9, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports

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

2* Should someone who commits a crime with a gun be punished more severely than someone who does not use a gun when committing a crime?

 

3* Has gun crime in the United States gone up or down in the last 20 years? Or has it stayed about the same?

 

4* Are there more gun owners or fewer gun owners in America today than there were 20 years ago? Or is the number of gun owners about the same?

 

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