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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1117. 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?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | available to civilians like other hunting rifles | don't know | no answer | restricted to the police and military | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 3139 | 187 | 21 | 12 | 1151 | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 71019 | 187 | 21 | 12 | 1151 | 72390 |
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(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