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~---~----~---" '--Sourcebook of Criminal Justice StatisticR 1983Table 2.92 Attitudes toward a low forbidding ownership of pistols and revolvers except by pollce and other authorized p,ersons, bydemographic characteristics lind gun ownership, Unit~d States, 1975 and 1979-81N:>TE: "Gun owners" are defined as members of households in which there ere guns. For a discussionof public opinion survey sampling procedures, see Appendix 7.Question: "Do you think there should or should not be a law which would forbid the possession of pistols and revolvers except by thepolice and other authorized persons?"Sex:MaleFemaleNotionalRace:WhiteNonwhiteEducation:CollegeHigh schoolGrade schoolOccupation:Professional and business 49Clerical and sales 46Manual workers 36Nonlabor force 37Income:25,000 and over20,00U to ~24'99915,000 to 19,99910,000 to 14,99915,000 to $9,999Under $5,000Age:Total under 30 years18 to 24 years25 to 29 years30 to 49 years50 years and olderCity size:1,000,000 and aver500,000 to 999,99950,000 to 499,9992,500 to 49,999Under 2,500, ruralRegion:EastMidwestSouthWestReligion:ProtestantCatholicPolitics:RepublicanDemocratIndependentGun ownership:Gun ownerNot a gun owner(Percent)1975 1979:980Shou·-:I...,.d-:S.,.h....:ou~l:..;d"-- should should Should Shoulc.lbe no! 'be No be not be No be not bl)a law a law opinion a law a law opinion a law a law41 55 4 31 65 4 38 513546404149393643414739416644403628584427293549434437245462495557Gun possession:Guns in the home(all types)HandgunsNo guns in the home,bFor this survey, this age category was 18 to 3 1 "i'ears.For this survey, this age category was 35 to 49 rears.cFor this survey, the city category was 500,000 and over.47575948506056545551295355586937536965614551152587440355244534473424S535635346463452625363222332932333825323633322730293028332933463537221846322023244433322618427159656764666364597064656660676568656665676347586176785062777372536564698052453II35533545I,86535624477224463443:L45263144444127f\f>.47 c383232533330341913506240554951N\47 c48466139515956706139April 1981Should Should ShouldNo beopinion a lawNo be not beopinion a law a lawII716I1022f\f>.6 c14227816II10II6II39334538494238383748403737354339394242421,2383967373730285240283631523642375865525948565957604958606163525956565655576058316161656946566962664761566032333235332322525223I232225324323I323413448404647374549463442354142414646464843384061'14433131603730373453324642June 1981Shouldnot be Noa law opinionSource: George H. Gallup, The Gallu~ Opinion Index, Report No. 123, p. 10j Report No. 174, p. 29 (Princeton, N.J.: The Gallup Poll); TheGallup Poll, Feb. 3, 1980, pp. 7, 8; Jan. 22,1981, pp. 5-7 (Princeton, N.J.: The Gallup Pol!); and George H. Gallup, The Gallup Report, ReportNo. 187, p. 15; Report No. 190, p. 27 (Princeton, N.J.: The Gallup Poll). Table adapted by Sa...RCEBOO< staff. Reprinted by permission.28254624655464957494738635163564953484449475357543349536166365764596142624855546584664163723966105545Ii674e3466455663Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Criminal Justice-Related TopicsAgure 2.17 Attitu~es to",!,ard ? Federal law requiring that all handguns be registered byFederal authorities, United Mates, 1975 and 1978-80N:>TE: For a discussion of public opinion survey sampling procedures, see Appendix 7.Question: "Do you favor or oppose a Federal law requiring that all handguns people awn beregistered by Federal authorities?"fZ] FavorIZ:::a OpposeC!I!ll Not sureSource: L?uis Harris, The ABC News-Harris Survey (New York:The Chicago Tribune-NewYork News. Syndicate, Dec. 4, 1980), p. 2. Figure constructed by Sa...RCEBOO< staff. Reprintedby permiSSion.283