Gun Control Survey And Violence Incidents

Lab Report: Gun control Survey Name Institution Date Abstract The research sought to determine how race, political affiliation, socio-economic status, being born in the US, area raised, affiliation with the military and views on Second Amendment influence gun policy preferences. In the interview survey respondents gave opinion that indicated their opinions about gun control where the demographic factors and views on the 2nd Amendment. Introduction: There has been increased interest on how to address gun violence in the U.S. and the question of whether to introduce some form of gun control measures have been in the public discourse mostly because of gun violence incidents. Even as the right to bear arms is guaranteed in the second amendment, opponents call for moderate gun control as the right is not unlimited that people can carry any weapon in whatever manner and purpose (DeGrazia, 2014). In a study by Celinska, (2007) the researcher pointed out that those who supported individualism were opposed to gun control than those who had more collectivist attitudes. Filindra & Kaplan 2015) analyzed American National Election Studies (ANES) data to assess how attitudes on gun violence and racial resentment influenced support for gun control and highlighted that self-interest, fear of crime and experience of victimization influenced gun policy preferences. Race, political affiliation, socio-economic status, being born in the US, area raised, military experience or and history and views on Second Amendment influence support for and against gun control measures Biological sex: The proportion of women who support gun is higher than males Age- The proportion of younger people who support gun is higher than older people Race- Non whites are more likely to support gun control than whites Military- There is a higher proportion of people from non military backgrounds who are more likely to support gun control Political-Democratic and left leaning independents are more likely to support gun control SES- Upper income individuals and families are more likely to support gun control Born in US- The proportion of those born outside US who suppor...