Gallup on gun ownership
gun ownership by demographic group other house- personally hold mem- owns ber owns total
overall 30 12 42 gender men 47 5 52 women 13 18 31 region east 22 9 31 midwest 34 13 47 south 36 11 47 west 23 15 38 party Republican 41 16 57 Independent 27 10 37 Democrat 23 10 33 age 18-29 21 13 34 30-49 32 12 44 50+ 31 11 42 race white 33 13 46 nonwhite 18 9 27
source: Gallup Poll, taken Oct 2005