Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 26, 2017

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By Scott Rasmussen

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June 26, 2017: Nearly three out of four Americans (72 percent) have fired a gun at some point in their lives. That figure includes a majority (55 percent) of those who have never owned a gun.

The Pew Research Center recently released a fascinating overview of gun ownership in the U.S.:

• 59 percent of Americans have friends who own guns, 48 percent grew up in a household with guns, and 42 percent currently live in a household with guns.
• The biggest reason people own guns is for protection, a reason 67 percent of gun owners cite as important.
• 46 percent of those living in rural areas own a gun along with 28 percent of those in suburbs and 19 percent in urban areas.
• 44 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents own guns. Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, that figure falls to 20 percent.
• 74 percent of gun owners see the right to own a gun as essential to their freedom.
• 44 percent of Americans know someone who has been shot (accidentally or otherwise). Gun owners are more likely than others to know a person who has been shot.
• If more Americans owned guns, 35 percent believe it would lead to more crime, 33 percent less crime, and 32 percent think it would make no difference.

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• June 20, 2017   50 million dollars plus spent on special election Georgia 6; all-time record
• June 19, 2017   52 percent of conservatives expect economy to improve; 14 percent of liberals agree

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