Should background check be required for private gun sale

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question In most states a gun owner may legally sell his or her gun without proof that the buyer has passed a criminal history check. How strongly do you favor or oppose a law that required private gun sales to be subject to the same background check requirements as sales by licensed dealers? Do you…

Values

[1] strongly favor
[2] favor
[3] neither favor nor oppose
[4] oppose
[5] strongly 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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for gunsales.

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly favor	favor	neither favor nor oppose	oppose	strongly oppose	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	3139	826	236	109	91	71	26	12	-	4510
Total	3139	826	236	109	91	71	26	12	0	4510