42 percent of the asked U.S. citizens in the U.S. believes that the laws governing the sale of firearms should remain as they currently are.
Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?
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Gallup. (November 22, 2010). Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup. "Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?." Chart. November 22, 2010. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup. (2010). Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup. "Should The Laws That Relate to The Sale of Firearms Rather Be Exacerbated, Attenuated, or Should They Rather Remain as They Currently Are?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/
Gallup, Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/ (last visited May 10, 2024)
Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are? [Graph], Gallup, November 22, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263802/us-citizens-on-laws-in-the-us-governing-the-sale-of-firearms/