Support or Oppose: Raising the legal age to purchase any firearm from 18 years of age to 21 years of age (June 2023)

Support or Oppose: Raising the legal age to purchase any firearm from 18 years of age to 21 years of age (June 2023)

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Strongly support54%
Somewhat support21%
Somewhat oppose9%
Strongly oppose10%
Don't know/No opinion6%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support74%49%37%
Somewhat support17%11%26%
Somewhat oppose3%15%13%
Strongly oppose3%17%17%
Don't know/No opinion3%9%6%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support75%66%78%
Somewhat support19%21%14%
Somewhat oppose1%8%1%
Strongly oppose0%4%3%
Don't know/No opinion5%2%3%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support21%36%44%
Somewhat support21%35%25%
Somewhat oppose19%12%11%
Strongly oppose32%10%15%
Don't know/No opinion7%6%5%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support76%59%37%
Somewhat support14%22%24%
Somewhat oppose4%6%14%
Strongly oppose3%3%20%
Don't know/No opinion3%11%5%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support75%73%81%
Somewhat support13%19%10%
Somewhat oppose5%6%0%
Strongly oppose6%0%3%
Don't know/No opinion1%1%6%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support39%38%34%
Somewhat support30%27%18%
Somewhat oppose13%13%15%
Strongly oppose17%15%28%
Don't know/No opinion2%6%5%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support51%55%63%
Somewhat support21%29%17%
Somewhat oppose11%4%6%
Strongly oppose13%4%6%
Don't know/No opinion5%9%7%

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CategoryMaleFemale
Strongly support48%60%
Somewhat support22%20%
Somewhat oppose11%7%
Strongly oppose14%7%
Don't know/No opinion5%6%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support60%56%42%
Somewhat support23%20%21%
Somewhat oppose6%9%12%
Strongly oppose6%10%20%
Don't know/No opinion6%5%7%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support48%54%56%58%
Somewhat support34%22%14%20%
Somewhat oppose7%8%11%8%
Strongly oppose4%10%13%11%
Don't know/No opinion8%6%7%3%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support29%56%49%58%54%61%
Somewhat support47%22%27%15%18%16%
Somewhat oppose12%7%7%10%11%7%
Strongly oppose12%7%11%13%12%11%
Don't know/No opinion0%8%6%4%5%4%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support52%48%57%70%
Somewhat support19%28%21%12%
Somewhat oppose9%9%10%4%
Strongly oppose12%10%9%8%
Don't know/No opinion8%4%2%6%

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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Strongly support45%53%75%50%
Somewhat support29%19%12%17%
Somewhat oppose9%10%7%4%
Strongly oppose11%13%5%11%
Don't know/No opinion6%6%2%18%

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