New polls show a significant increase in the gun possession charge among Republican people over the past few years.
According to Gallup’s monthly gun ownership study — which groups effects in six-year regions — , 33 % of GOP women , owned weapons between 2019 and 2024. That is a 14-point increase from 2007 to 2012, when 19 % of Republican women owned firearms.
The ballot, which sampled 6, 425 people from around the country, has a margin of error of about 1 percent level.
The general gun ownership price, meanwhile, has held steady at about 30 % because of lessens in equity among many populations.
For example, 29 % of Democratic people owned weapon between 2019 and 2024, representing a 7-point increases from 2007 to 2012. Also, 39 % of independent people owned weapons during the most recent study time, marking a 5-point drop from 2007 to 2012.
Despite these trends, men are still far more likely to own guns than women — 43 % versus 20 %. Although, the sex gap has narrowed from 30 points in 2007 to 2012 to 23 positions in 2019 to 2024.
The political divide, on the other hand, has grown.
In 2007 to 2012, there was a 16-point gap between the gun ownership rates of Republicans ( 38 % ) and Democrats ( 22 % ). Now, that gap stands at 28 points— with nearly half of Republicans, 47 %, and just 19 % of Democrats owning guns.
Additionally, the survey found that geography-related firearm ownership costs were significantly different.
In 2019 to 2024, 51 % of rural people owned weapons, while 20 % of big city residents said the same. Similarly, during the most recent survey period, 40 % of southern residents owned guns, while 19 % of eastern residents said the same.
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