America & Firearms: Split over Ownership or United Over Safety?

AMERICA & FIREARMS: Split over Ownership or United Over Safety? The horrible tragedy of Newtown, Conn. has brought to the forefront the issue of gun ownership in the United States. Should the government act on restricting sales of firearms and do more extensive background (and medical record) checks on potential owners? What about educating owners on firearm safety? To gauge America's stance on thesecontentious issues, Visually partnered with SurveyMonkey Audience. Here are the results of the survey, visualized. Do you or does anyone in your household own a firearm? How many firearms are in your household? No 65,5% - Yes 34,5% 7,9% 29,3% 3-5 6-10 10,7% + 10 23,6% 28,6% For which of the following reasons do you own a firearm? 62.9% 51,4% 44.3% 12.9% 5% Hunting Occupational (eg, I'm a police officer) Protection Target shooting Other Much stricter 43,5% Neither stricter nor looser 20,8% Moderately stricter 15,9% Slightly stricter 11,7% Slightly looser 3,7% Do you think gun-control laws in the United States Much looser should be stricter or looser 2,7% than they are now? Moderately looser 1,7% Which of the following best describes your opinion on the ability of residents to purchase and own firearms in the United States? 9.8% Only people who have gone through background checks and the appropriate medical examinations should be allowed to purchase and own firearms Other 2.9% No one should be allowed to purchase and own firearms 69.7% 11% Only police officers and other authorized personnel should be allowed to purchase and own firearms 6.6% There should be no restrictions on the ability to purchase or own a firearm When you think of firearms, which do you associate them Do you think safety training should be required before a person is granted a license to own a firearm? more with? 40% 36.7% 35% 35% Yes 28.4% 30% 92,4% 25% No 7,6% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Both Violence Protection Have the recent Sandy Hook events impacted your views on gun-control in the United States? 70.4% Did not change my views - 26.4% Changed my views to be more in favor of stricter gun control laws 3.2% Changed my views to be more in favor of looser gun control laws "I will defenda person's 2nd amendment right to own a musket. The framers of the constitution "2nd amendment rules. Citizens did not envision assault rifles and hand guns and property owners should be holding 20 or more bullets. We need real gun allowed to continue to enjoy control. We need to limit the number of guns freedom to own and carry in circulation. Why can I go into Walmart and firearms, especially to protect against unlawful seizure or loss of buy a gun and ammo so easily?" property rights to the government." "This is not the 1800's when this was added to our Constitution. Times have changed such that our forefathers could not expect. We MUST bring our gun laws into modern times. Look at the rest of the advanced countries in the world." Whose opinions are these? Here is the SurveyMonkey Audience we reached: Geography Gender 43% 57% Female Male Age Education 34% Did Not Finish 25% High School 0% 20% 21% High School 10% Some College 29% 0% College Degree 35% >60 18-29 30-44 Graduate Degree 26% Designed by anibalinfographics O SurveyMonkey Audience visual.ly 45-60