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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?
Overview
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 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1523 | 7 | 668 | 1067 | 13 | 3309 |
| Total | 810 | 37890 | 127 | 12608 | 24209 | 55 | 75699 |