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Support for requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, including private sales; the GSS 2006 item asks specifically about private sales on a five-point scale, so its neutral answers are excluded to match the CES's support/oppose format.
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Latest: 92% answered “Favor” in CES: Background checks on all gun sales, 2024.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Background checks for all gun sales | Background checks for all gun sales On the issue of gun regulation, are you for or against each of the following proposals? [Background checks for all sales, including at gun shows and over the Internet] Caveat: Binary scale with no neutral option; mentions gun shows and Internet sales | equivalent | For → Favor; Against → Oppose |
| CES: Background checks on all gun sales | Background checks on all gun sales On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose a proposal that would do the following? [Require criminal background checks on all gun sales] Caveat: Binary scale with no neutral option; no explicit mention of private sales | equivalent | Support → Favor; Oppose → Oppose |
| GSS | Background checks for private gun sales In most states a gun owner may legally sell his or her gun without proof that the buyer has passed a criminal history check. How strongly do you favor or oppose a law that required private gun sales to be subject to the same background check requirements as sales by licensed dealers? Do you… Caveat: Five-point scale with neutral midpoint; asks about private sales specifically | similar | Strongly favor → Favor; Favor → Favor; Oppose → Oppose; Strongly oppose → Oppose |