Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 28, 2018
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February 28, 2018: Forty-two percent (42%) of Americans live in a gun-owning household.[1]
Data from the Pew Research Center suggests a strong geographic divide. Among rural residents, 58% live in a household with a gun. That’s double the 29% rate in urban settings. In between are the suburbs at 41%.
Also, residents in the Northeast are far less likely to live in a gun-owning household than the rest of the country. In the Northeast, just 27% do so. In the Midwest, that total is 44%; in the South, it’s 45%; and it’s 46% in the West.
Not surprisingly, since these geographic differences are similar to partisan differences, there is also a huge partisan divide on the issue. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans live in a gun-owning household as do 48% of independents. Among Democrats, just 25% live in such a home.
Men (39%) are more likely than women (22%) to personally own a gun. However, they are just about equally likely to live in a gun-owning household.
Most (52%) of those who do not own a gun could see themselves owning one in the future.
Regardless of whether or not they own a gun, 72% of Americans have fired a gun at some point in their life.
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