Gun Ownership Hits Record High Among American Voters: Poll – By Natalie Venegas (Newsweek) / Nov 22, 2023
More than half of American voters say they or someone in their household owns a gun, which marks a record-high number, according to a new NBC News poll.
As gun violence impacts communities across the country with more than 37,000 gun violence-related deaths as of November, according to the Gun Violence Archive, debates over gun control across the country persist. Gun safety laws often stir up intense political arguments with conservatives often pointing to the Second Amendment as a main argument while those in favor of tighter gun control disagree arguing the death toll amid mass shootings. Meanwhile, according to Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing gun violence in the U.S., there are an estimated 393 million civilian-owned firearms in the United States.
On Tuesday, NBC News released a national poll, which has polled voters since 1999 about U.S. household gun ownership, finding 52 percent of respondents this year said they or someone in their home owns a gun.
This number is up from 46 percent in 2019, according to an NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll. More than a decade ago in February 2013, the share of U.S. households that owned a gun was 42 percent.
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