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Gun laws

27 Mar 2018

Do you think Australia’s gun laws are too strict, too weak or about right?

 

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other
Too strict 7%   5% 4% 9% 15%
Too weak 25%   21% 27% 30% 29%
About right 62%   66% 66% 59% 52%
Don’t know 6%   7% 3% 2% 4%

 

62% believe Australia’s gun laws are about right and 25% think they are too weak. Only 7% think they are too strict.

42% of over 65’s think they are too weak. Otherwise, views were quite consistent across demographic and voting groups.

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