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Support for making it easier for people to obtain a concealed-carry permit, asked in CES 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 with for/against or support/oppose wording.
AI-matched An AI model grouped these questions and mapped their answers onto shared categories, and a second AI review checked and corrected the grouping and mapping. No person has checked it: compare the question wordings and the answer mapping below before reading the lines against each other.
Latest: 61% answered “Oppose” in CES: Making concealed-carry permits easier to obtain, 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: Easier concealed-carry gun permits | Easier concealed-carry gun permits On the issue of gun regulation, are you for or against each of the following proposals? [Make it easier for people to obtain a concealed-carry gun permit] Caveat: For/against wording instead of support/oppose | equivalent | For → Support; Against → Oppose |
| CES: Make concealed-carry permits easier to obtain | Make concealed-carry permits easier to obtain On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Make it easier for people to obtain concealed-carry permit] Caveat: Reference wording; support/oppose | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Easier concealed-carry permits | Easier concealed-carry permits On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Make it easier for people to obtain concealed-carry permit] Caveat: Same wording as 2020 | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Making concealed-carry permits easier to obtain | Making concealed-carry permits easier to obtain On the issue of gun regulation, do you support or oppose a proposal that would do the following? [Make it easier for people to obtain concealed-carry permit] Caveat: Reworded as a 'proposal that would do the following' | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |