Poll Watch: PPP/Daily Kos/SEIU (D) Survey on Gun Control

PPP/Daily Kos/SEIU (D) Poll on Gun Control

Would you support or oppose requiring a criminal background check before any purchase of a gun? 

• Support 92%
• Oppose 6%

Would you support or oppose requiring a mental health examination before any purchase of a gun? 

• Support 63%
• Oppose 28%

Would you support or oppose banning assault weapons? 

• Support 63%
• Oppose 32%

Would you support or oppose banning the sale of guns and bullets over the Internet?

• Support 69%
• Oppose 26%

Would you support or oppose closing the so-called 'gun-show loophole,' which allows unlicensed dealers to sell guns at gun shows without performing criminal background checks?

• Support 76%
• Oppose 19%

Would you support or oppose prohibiting felons convicted of violent crimes from purchasing guns? 

• Support 94%
• Oppose 5%

Would you support or oppose banning high-capacity magazines on guns - magazines capable of holding more than ten bullets?

• Support 64%
• Oppose 31%

Do you think assault weapons are necessary for hunting, or not? 

• They are necessary 18%
• They are not 76%

Are you more or less interested in owning a gun today than you were before last week's shooting in Connecticut, or has there been no change in your level of interest?  

• More interested 22%
  
• Less interested 30%
• No change 47% 

Do you think the answer to gun-related violence is more widespread gun ownership or tighter restrictions on gun ownership?  

• More widespread gun ownership 32%
  
• Tighter restrictions on gun ownership 48% 

Do you think the guns are a necessary check on government tyranny, or not?  

• They are a necessary check on tyranny 39%
  
• They are not 40%
  

Survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted December 18-19, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 37% Democrat; 32% Republican; 31% Independent/Other.  Political views: 43% Moderate; 39% Conservative; 18% Liberal.