USA – Gallop Poll on Gun Ownership Rates
Date: Apr 24, 2005 12:50 PM
JOHN LOTT’S WEBSITE
January 6, 2005 – New Poll on Gun Ownership Rates
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2005/01/new-poll-on-gun-ownership-rates.html

A Gallup Poll released this morning reveals that the average American owns 1.7 guns,
with the average gun owner possessing 4.4 of them. The press is quick to promote
stereotypes of the average gun owner as a white male, most likely Republican, living
in a rural area or the South. But how well does reality match the image? The new
Gallup Poll shows that the stereotype is not that far off, but with several twists.
For one thing, one out of three American women say they own a gun. That’s not much
below the overall mark of 40% for all American adults. As for other elements of
the stereotype: More than half (53%) of Republicans own guns, compared with 36%
of political independents and 31% of Democrats. Whites are more likely than nonwhites
to own (44% and 24%, respectively), according to Gallup.