Do you:
Keep a gun for self defense
Own guns for hunting and sport shooting
Own a gun but never use it
Not own a gun
This is about a useless but revealing question, I answered "I never worry!" Why should I ? I'm armed!
Do you:
Worry often about being attacked by someone with a gun
Worry sometimes
Hardly ever worry
Never worry
Not sure
No option to increase the availability or reduce the restrictions on firearm ownership....
The U.S. Constitution protects the right of citizens to bear arms, and firearms are
widely available via every distribution method from mail order to discount stores. Do you
think the availability of guns in America is:
About right
Should be somewhat restricted
Should be limited to gun shops that are closely regulated
Don't know
AHHHH the old gun license/driver license routine... how quaint!
Do you think that it would make sense for anyone who buys a gun to have to register it at
regular intervals, similar to the existing state-based system for registering motor
vehicles?
No
Yes
Don't know
Do you think that it would make sense to license gun owners at regular intervals, just
as car owners must renew their state operating licenses every two or three years?
No
Yes
Don't know
Ballistic fingerprinting... makes about as much sense as bottling f@r+s?
Do you think it would make sense to have "ballistic fingerprinting," in which records
would be kept of the distinguishing marks a gun leaves on bullet casings in hopes of
more easily tying a criminal to a crime?
No
Yes
Don't know
Once again, no option here for INCREASED gun ownership providing for a better armed population...
Which do you think is the best way to cut down on crimes involving guns?
Better police work
Having more information available on guns and gun owners
Other
Don't know
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