rifle
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | no | no answer | refused | yes | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 1045 | 7 | 15 | 437 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 1073 | 5 | 10 | 396 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 1052 | 10 | 17 | 420 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 1057 | 11 | 2 | 460 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 1025 | 10 | 7 | 426 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 1373 | 6 | 26 | 455 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 1058 | 6 | 9 | 400 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 1087 | 4 | 10 | 433 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 1360 | 7 | 10 | 442 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 725 | 7 | 10 | 235 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 746 | 4 | - | 283 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 677 | 9 | - | 230 | 1 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 730 | 18 | - | 245 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 817 | 2 | 7 | 249 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 996 | 1485 | 23 | 5 | 483 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 981 | 1464 | 5 | 7 | 447 | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 951 | 1476 | 9 | 6 | 390 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 1459 | 14 | 23 | 364 | 1 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 731 | - | 10 | 183 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1916 | 695 | 11 | 16 | 174 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2509 | 1582 | - | 35 | 381 | 3 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 674 | 1050 | - | 19 | 276 | 4 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 766 | 983 | - | 50 | 240 | 5 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 669 | 1010 | - | 28 | 260 | 7 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 827 | 1325 | - | 63 | 317 | 6 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 978 | 1458 | - | 60 | 365 | 6 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 779 | 1197 | 4 | 39 | 325 | 4 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 3105 | 4 | 117 | 721 | 76 | 9 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1203 | 1816 | 6 | 72 | 416 | 24 | 7 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1067 | 1709 | 11 | 72 | 402 | 36 | 12 | 3309 |
| Total | 27335 | 36370 | 193 | 745 | 10855 | 173 | 28 | 75699 |