gunlaw
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 86. Would you favor or oppose a law which would require a person to obtain a police permit before he or she could buy a gun?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | don't know | favor | no answer | oppose | iap | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 48 | 1131 | 3 | 431 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 25 | 1099 | 9 | 371 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 18 | 1112 | 7 | 347 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 38 | 1096 | 2 | 354 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 21 | 1068 | 6 | 404 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 29 | 1094 | 2 | 405 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | - | - | - | 1532 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 28 | 1018 | 1 | 421 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 40 | 1347 | 6 | 467 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | - | - | - | 1599 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 37 | 1034 | 6 | 396 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 19 | 1105 | 4 | 406 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | - | - | - | 1470 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 36 | 1304 | 3 | 476 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 26 | 717 | 4 | 230 | 504 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 16 | 803 | 2 | 212 | 504 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 16 | 719 | 3 | 179 | 455 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 12 | 801 | 5 | 175 | 524 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 19 | 870 | 1 | 185 | 531 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 31 | 1551 | 8 | 406 | 996 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 37 | 1544 | 4 | 338 | 981 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 42 | 1535 | 3 | 302 | 950 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 46 | 1479 | 4 | 332 | 956 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 7 | 737 | 1 | 179 | 1841 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 6 | 709 | 1 | 182 | 1914 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 35 | 1568 | 5 | 395 | 2507 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 18 | 1050 | 1 | 283 | 671 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 9 | 947 | 1 | 324 | 763 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 21 | 944 | 4 | 339 | 666 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1224 | 4 | 469 | 824 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1330 | 7 | 528 | 977 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1102 | 7 | 439 | 774 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2686 | - | 1306 | - | 33 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1643 | 6 | 659 | 1203 | 9 | 3544 |
| Total | 779 | 36367 | 120 | 11940 | 23142 | 42 | 72390 |
1 favor
2 oppose
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook