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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 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: 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 |