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Support for banning assault rifles in CES 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024; the 2018 wording uses for/against, while later waves use support/oppose.
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Latest: 58% answered “Support” in CES: Support for banning assault rifles, 2024.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” 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: Ban on assault rifles | Ban on assault rifles On the issue of gun regulation, are you for or against each of the following proposals? [Ban assault rifles] Caveat: For/against wording instead of support/oppose | equivalent | For → Support; Against → Oppose |
| CES: Ban assault rifles | Ban assault rifles On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Ban assault rifles] Caveat: Reference wording and scale | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Ban assault rifles | Ban assault rifles On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Ban assault rifles] Caveat: Same wording and scale as 2020 | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Support for banning assault rifles | Support for banning assault rifles On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose a proposal that would do the following? [Ban assault rifles] Caveat: Slightly reworded as a proposal that would do the following | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |