{"id":16201,"date":"2012-12-31T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T05:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/wide-partisan-gap-exists-over-gun-control-3\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:41:13","slug":"wide-partisan-gap-exists-over-gun-control-3","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/12\/31\/wide-partisan-gap-exists-over-gun-control-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide Partisan Gap Exists Over Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/12-20-12-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"725\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By a seven-point margin, the public currently says it is more important to control gun ownership (49%) than to protect the right of Americans to own guns (42%). There are substantial partisan differences over the issue, and most of the patterns of opinion on this question are little changed from past surveys.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats and Republicans are divided by a 45-point margin when it comes to proposals to control gun ownership. Most Democrats (72%) say gun control is more important than protecting gun ownership rights, while only 27% of Republicans agree. Conversely, 69% of Republicans put the priority on protecting rights of gun ownership compared to 20% of Democrats. Independents are more divided, with 47% favoring protection of gun ownership rights while 42% say controlling ownership is more important.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gender gap also is stark: Women prioritize controlling ownership over gun rights by a 24-point margin, while men prioritize gun rights by a 10-point margin. Racial differences also are striking, as African-Americans overwhelmingly say gun control is more important than gun rights (68% to 24%), while opinion among whites tilts in favor of gun rights (51% to 42%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northeasterners continue to stand out compared to other regions of the country, supporting gun control over gun rights by about a two-to-one margin (65% vs. 29%).Those in other regions are more evenly split on this question. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/12\/20\/after-newtown-modest-change-in-opinion-about-gun-control\/\">Read more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats favor controlling gun ownership by 45 percentage points more than 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