Should high power rifle sale be limited to military

rifles50

Source

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

Details

Question Currently under federal law, very high power, 50-caliber rifles that can penetrate armor from a mile away are available to people on the same basis as standard hunting rifles. Should such very high power rifles be 1) restricted Only to the police and military, or 2) available to civilians like standard hunting rifles as they are at present?

Values

[1] restricted to the police and military
[2] available to civilians like other hunting rifles
[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 rifles50.

Counts by year:

year	iap	restricted to the police and military	available to civilians like other hunting rifles	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	3139	1151	187	21	12	-	4510
Total	3139	1151	187	21	12	0	4510