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One‐gun‐a‐month: Measuring public opinion concerning a gun control initiative
Author(s) -
Kauder Neal B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370110403
Subject(s) - gun control , public opinion , government (linguistics) , suicide prevention , poison control , residence , public support , injury prevention , state (computer science) , human factors and ergonomics , control (management) , occupational safety and health , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , political science , public relations , law , medicine , politics , environmental health , computer science , sociology , demography , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , database , artificial intelligence
State lawmakers in Virginia recently approved a measure to limit to one the number of handguns a person can purchase within a thirty day period. In the months preceding the law's approval, a survey was conducted to measure the level of public support for the proposed initiative. The results of the survey were provided to lawmakers and other high level government officials in an effort to provide policymakers with objective data for gauging support (or non‐support) for the proposal. Past public opinion polls which have measured attitudes concerning gun control reveal differences in the levels of support with regard to such factors as individual gun ownership and region of residence. The following research reveals the sentiment of one State's citizenry toward a specific handgun control measure by focusing on how responses varied across selected sub‐groups within the sample.