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    ABC News/The Washington Post Gun Poll, April 2007 (ICPSR 24587)
    ABC News; The Washington Post
    This special topic poll, fielded April 22, 2007, is a part of continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public opinion on various political and social issues. This poll focused on respondents' views on gun control and laws. Respondents were asked whether they favored stricter gun laws, whether they would support laws requiring a nationwide ban on semiautomatic handguns, a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, a nationwide ban on people carrying a concealed weapon, and a law requiring a nationwide ban on the sale of handguns, except to law enforcement officers. Respondents were also asked whether they thought stricter gun control laws would reduce the amount of violent crime, whether the best way of reducing gun violence was either by passing stricter gun control laws or by stricter enforcement of existing laws, if the respondent or anyone in their home owned a gun, and whether they thought states should or should not be required to report mentally ill people to a federal database in order to prevent them from buying guns. Views were sought concerning the Virginia Tech shooting and university policies. Specifically, respondents were asked whether they thought school officials did or did not do enough to investigate concerns that the student who committed these shootings was mentally unstable, whether news organizations did the right thing or the wrong thing by airing photos and videos of the Virginia Tech gunman, whether they supported a law requiring universities to provide stricter screening and counseling for students who are suspected of being mentally unstable and possibly dangerous to themselves or others, and whether they supported changing confidentiality laws so that when a college student is suspected of being mentally disturbed, the school would be required to notify their parents. Views were also sought on the primary cause of gun violence in America and whether shootings like the one at Virginia Tech could happen in the respondent's community. Respondents were queried on whether they supported legislation giving Washington, D.C., a full voting member in the United States House of Representatives and whether they approved of the proposed law that would give Democratic D.C. a full voting member in the House, while also giving the Republican state of Utah another congressional seat. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, education, political party affiliation, and political philosophy.
    2010-08-05
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    ABC News/Washington Post Kosovo Poll, May 1999  (ICPSR 2773)
    ABC News; The Washington Post
    This special topic poll, fielded May 16, 1999, sought respondents' views on the conflict in Kosovo as well as their attitudes toward gun ownership and control laws in the United States. Those queried were asked for their opinions on President Bill Clinton's handling of the situation in Kosovo, the possible use of ground troops, the air strikes being waged against Serbia by the United States and its European allies, and the roles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United States, and the European allies in the peace negotiation process. Respondents were asked for their views on the NATO allies' conditions for ending the conflict, including requiring Serbia to remove its soldiers and special police force from Kosovo, allowing a NATO-led peacekeeping force into Kosovo, permitting the return of all refugees to Kosovo, and granting Kosovo limited self-rule as a province of Serbia. Additional questions elicited views on the NATO allies' bombing of the Chinese consulate in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, which side was winning the conflict, and whether the United States should have become involved. The topic of gun control was also addressed, with items on stricter gun laws, which political party was best suited to handle the issue of gun control, background checks at gun shows, trigger locks, bans on the sale of assault weapons and the sale of guns through the mail and the Internet, and impressions of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Background information on respondents includes age, race, sex, education, political party, and gun ownership.
    1999-08-20
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    ABC News/Washington Post Poll, May 2000  (ICPSR 3056)
    ABC News; The Washington Post
    This poll, fielded May 7, 2000, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they intended to vote in the November 7, 2000, presidential election and for whom they would vote if the election were held that day, given a choice between Vice President Al Gore (Democrat), Texas governor George W. Bush (Republican), conservative commentator Pat Buchanan (Reform), and consumer advocate Ralph Nader (Green). Their views were sought on the importance of gun control, protecting Social Security, and prescription drug benefits for the elderly in making their decision for whom to vote and which candidate could be trusted most in these areas. Respondents were asked whether they supported or opposed having Medicare cover prescription drugs for senior citizens, even if they had to pay more for Medicare. A series of questions addressed Social Security, including whether respondents believed Social Security would be there when they retired and whether they supported or opposed a plan in which people could choose to invest some of their Social Security contributions in the stock market. Respondents were asked for their opinions of the April 22, 2000, removal by federal agents of Elian Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuban boy whose mother drowned when they attempted to immigrate to Florida, from the home of his Miami relatives and whether the relatives or Elian's father should be granted custody of him. A series of questions focused on gun control. Specific items addressed respondent support for laws requiring background checks at gun shows, trigger locks on stored guns, the registration of firearms, licenses for handgun owners, and banning the sale of assault weapons and the sale of handguns except to law enforcement. Additional questions addressed whether respondents lived in fear of guns, spoke with their children about guns, and had been threatened by a gun. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, political party, political orientation, voter registration, education, religion, labor union membership, household gun ownership, Hispanic origin, household income, children in household, and whether respondents regularly took prescription drugs.
    2000-12-14
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    CBS News Monthly Poll #3, October 2000  (ICPSR 3225)
    CBS News
    This poll, conducted October 29-31, 2000, is part of a continuing series of surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions about the 2000 presidential election. Respondents were asked whether they intended to vote in the upcoming presidential election on November 7, 2000, and for whom they would vote if the election were held on the day of the survey, given a choice among the following candidates: Vice President Al Gore and Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman (Democratic Party), Texas governor George W. Bush and former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (Republican Party), conservative commentator Pat Buchanan (Reform Party), and consumer advocate Ralph Nader (Green Party). Respondents were asked to give their opinions of Gore and his job performance as vice president, Bush and his job performance as governor of Texas, Cheney, Lieberman, Buchanan, and Nader. Nader supporters were asked whether they would consider changing their vote in support of Gore, if they thought the presidential race was extremely close in their state. Views were sought on how intelligent Gore and Bush were, as well as whether either was prepared for the demands of the presidency. Additional topics covered the fairness of the current income tax system, whether military and defense spending should increase, whether laws governing the sale of handguns should be stricter, whether a smaller government with fewer services is preferable to a larger government with more services, the importance of the outcome of the presidential election, whether the government in Washington, DC, could be trusted, how the budget surplus should be spent, whether it was preferable to have a president and Congress from different political parties, the most important problem facing the country, and whether respondents saw their vote as a vote for or against the presidency of Bill Clinton, or neither. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, religion, political party, political orientation, voter registration and participation history, race, Hispanic descent, children in household, years in community, and household income.
    2002-03-07
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    CBS News National Poll, February #1, 2013 (ICPSR 34993)
    CBS News
    This poll, the first of two fielded in February 2013, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked their opinions on how well Barack Obama was handling the presidency, foreign policy, the economy, the situation in Afghanistan, threat of terrorism, the federal budget deficit, immigration, gun policy, energy policy, and whether Obama had clear plans and priorities going forward. Respondents were also asked about the national economy and whether they thought it was getting better, the best way to reduce the federal budget deficit, their experiences with the job market in their areas and how easy it was to find a job. Opinions were solicited regarding respondents' approval of Congress, the Republican and Democratic parties, John Boehner, Joe Biden, and Hilary Clinton. Additional topics included alternative energy, immigration, gun policy, global warming, Saturday mail delivery service, same-sex marriage, unmanned aircraft ("drone") use, Iran, employment opportunities, and the 2013 State of the Union Address. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, type of residential area (e.g. urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, voting behavior, whether respondents were registered to vote, religious affiliation, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born again Christians.
    2014-03-25
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    CBS News State of the Union Call-Back Poll, January 2000  (ICPSR 2922)
    CBS News
    This special topic poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This survey, fielded January 27, 2000, is a call-back of the January 21-23, 2000, cohort from CBS NEWS STATE OF THE UNION POLL, JANUARY 2000 (ICPSR 2920), and was conducted to assess respondent views following President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address delivered earlier that evening. Respondents were asked which of the following Clinton proposals they would like to see happen in the coming year: raise the minimum wage, pass additional gun control laws, pass a patient's bill of rights, provide prescription drug coverage for Medicare patients, and cut taxes. Respondents were also asked for their opinions of Clinton and his handling of the presidency, as well as their opinions of Vice President Al Gore, and whether Clinton and Congress would work together in the coming year. An additional question elicited respondents' views regarding Clinton's claim that the government's $3.6 trillion federal debt could be paid off by the year 2013. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, political party, political orientation, voter registration and participation history, race, Hispanic origin, and marital status.
    2002-03-14
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    Firearm Legislation and Firearm Violence Across Space and Time, United States, 1970-2012 (ICPSR 36688)
    Haynie, Dana L.; Colen, Cynthia G.
    These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. The study constructed a comprehensive, longitudinal dataset of all counties nested within U.S. States from 1970 to 2012. The study's main purpose was to facilitate research that would further understanding on firearm legislation and its impacts on violence. This comprehensive data collection effort included information on firearm legislation implemented across U.S. States over time in combination with multiple measures of firearm-related violence and injury. Moreover, to better understand the conditions under which firearm legislation is more or less effective, incorporation of county characteristics allowed for examination of whether the effectiveness of state-level firearm legislation depends upon particular characteristics of counties. The researchers conducted a secondary analysis utilizing a variety of archived external government and census sources. The Study's Dataset Include two Stata Files: CJRC_firearms_research.dta (95 Variables, 129,027 Cases) state_law_data.dta (19 Variables, 2,168 Cases)
    2018-05-15
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    National Lawful Use of Guns Survey (NLUGS), [United States], 2020 (ICPSR 38045)
    Siegel, Michael
    The National Lawful Use of Guns Survey is a baseline internet-based survey of 2,086 gun owners who were surveyed in 2019 and again one year later. The survey measured a wide range of variables, including: (a) psychographics; (b) firearm-related knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, practices, and norms; (c) a wide range of personal values; (d) level of engagement with guns (emotional and moral attachment to guns); (e) association between firearms and personal values; (f) mindset towards firearm and other public health policies; (g) level of inclusion in or alienation from the gun control movement; and (h) level of civic engagement with gun violence prevention. The National Lawful Use of Guns Follow-Up Survey was conducted in 2020 and sampled the same 2,086 gun owners who responded to the baseline survey. This survey tested several communication messages intended to try to increase the willingness of gun owners to participate in gun violence prevention activities.
    2023-01-10
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    State Firearm Law Database: State Firearm Laws, 1991-2019 (ICPSR 37363)
    Siegel, Michael
    The State Firearm Database catalogs the presence or absence of 134 firearm safety laws in 14 categories covering the 26-year period from 1991 to 2019. The classification system categorizes state firearm provisions using a methodology that both captures differences and maintains a level of comparability between states. Because of this, the database is not the most detailed nor the most comprehensive record of all state firearm policies. Other resources may provide users with a deeper understanding of individual provisions, while this database serves as an efficient way to compare the broad scope of state firearm laws across the country. These provisions covered 14 aspects of state policies, including regulation of the process by which firearm transfers take place, ammunition, firearm possession, firearm storage, firearm trafficking, and liability of firearm manufacturers. In addition, descriptions of the criteria used to code each provision have been provided so that there is transparency in how various law exemptions, exceptions, and other nuances were addressed.
    2020-02-26
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    Washington Post Virginia State Poll, August 2001  (ICPSR 3285)
    The Washington Post
    This special topic poll, conducted August 19-23, 2001, was designed to assess respondents' views on the upcoming November 6, 2001, Virginia gubernatorial election and the state of affairs in Virginia. Virginia residents were asked to give their opinions of President George W. Bush, Virginia governor Jim Gilmore and his handling of the governorship, Republican candidate Mark Earley, Democratic candidate Mark Warner, and Virginia's Republican and Democratic parties. Respondents were asked whether they were paying attention to the campaign, whether they intended to vote in the election, and for whom they would vote given a choice among Earley, Warner, and Libertarian candidate William Redpath. Views were sought on which candidate would work to hold taxes down, look out for the interests of people like the respondent, strengthen the state's economy, say anything to get elected, and improve transportation and the roads, and which candidate was best qualified to be governor. A series of questions addressed the campaign issues and the candidates' positions on those issues, including the importance of education, eliminating the Virginia state car tax, holding down taxes, improving transportation and roads, improving public education, strengthening the state economy, addressing gun control, and addressing abortion. Respondents were asked whether they preferred a governor who would move the state in a new direction or keep things the way they were, was a successful businessman, had been endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), was willing to spend his own money on the campaign, was strongly supported by conservative Christian groups, and/or had experience as an elected official. Additional topics covered whether northern Virginia residents had too much influence in state politics, whether respondents were upset that the Virginia legislature adjourned earlier in the year without passing a budget, how increased numbers of immigrants had affected their community, whether the administration of Standards of Learning (SOL) tests in Virginia schools should continue, and whether the death penalty was used fairly in Virginia. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, political party, political orientation, voter registration and participation history, employment status, marital status, education, religion, military service, children in household, average commute time, size of city of residence, household gun ownership, Hispanic origin, household income, length of Virginia residency, whether the respondent lived inside the "Beltway," and whether the respondent was employed by the "dot.com" (technology) industry.
    2001-10-16
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