Toplines - Gun Control - February 27-28, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted February 27-28, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Does the United States need stricter gun control laws?

43% Yes

47% No

10% Not sure

2* How likely is it that the Obama Administration will try to implement stricter gun control laws?

43% Very likely

28% Somewhat likely

14% Not very likely

2% Not at all likely

14% Not sure

3* Will stricter gun control laws increase violent crime, reduce violent crime or have no impact?

25% Increase

35% Reduce

31% No impact

9% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence