Minnesota Poll results: Gun restrictions

By: STAR TRIBUNE
Updated: March 4, 2013 - 8:58 AM

The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll surveyed 800 Minnesota adults Feb. 25-27. Respondents were reached on both landlines and cell phones. The poll has a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points, plus or minus.

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QUESTION: Do you support or oppose a universal background check on all gun sales, including those sold privately or at gun shows?

	SUPPORT	OPPOSE	UNDECIDED
STATE	72%	25%	3%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	82%	17%	1%
Metro Suburbs	65%	34%	1%
Rest of State	69%	25%	6%
SEX
Men	62%	36%	2%
Women	81%	15%	4%
AGE
18-34	70%	26%	4%
35-49	69%	29%	2%
50-64	75%	24%	1%
65+	75%	20%	5%
INCOME
<$50,000	73%	25%	2%
$50,000+	71%	25%	4%
PARTY ID
DFL/Democrat	91%	8%	1%
Republican	64%	29%	7%
Independent	60%	38%	2%
None	60%	40%	-
REGISTERED VOTER?
Yes	72%	25%	3%
No	70%	27%	3%
GUN OWNER?
Yes	60%	36%	4%
No	88%	9%	3%

QUESTION: Do you support or oppose limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines that citizens could purchase?

	SUPPORT	OPPOSE	UNDECIDED
STATE	53%	43%	4%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	63%	36%	1%
Metro Suburbs	49%	47%	4%
Rest of State	48%	47%	5%
SEX
Men	46%	50%	4%
Women	59%	37%	4%
AGE
18-34	45%	47%	8%
35-49	48%	52%	-
50-64	62%	36%	2%
65+	60%	33%	7%
INCOME
<$50,000	58%	41%	1%
$50,000+	50%	45%	5%
PARTY ID
DFL/Democrat	73%	22%	5%
Republican	35%	61%	4%
Independent	48%	50%	2%
None	45%	50%	5%
REGISTERED VOTER?
Yes	54%	42%	4%
No	50%	46%	4%
GUN OWNER?
Yes	41%	55%	4%
No	70%	27%	3%

QUESTION: Do you support or oppose creating a national database, accessible to local law enforcement that would track all gun sales in the United States?

	SUPPORT	OPPOSE	UNDECIDED
STATE	62%	33%	5%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	73%	24%	3%
Metro Suburbs	55%	40%	5%
Rest of State	60%	33%	7%
SEX
Men	51%	44%	5%
Women	73%	21%	6%
AGE
18-34	64%	31%	5%
35-49	61%	38%	1%
50-64	57%	35%	8%
65+	69%	22%	9%
INCOME
<$50,000	67%	28%	5%
$50,000+	59%	36%	5%
PARTY ID
DFL/Democrat	90%	7%	3%
Republican	49%	45%	6%
Independent	45%	48%	7%
None	53%	42%	5%
REGISTERED VOTER?
Yes	63%	32%	5%
No	57%	36%	7%
GUN OWNER?
Yes	50%	47%	3%
No	79%	12%	9%

QUESTION: Do you or anyone in your household own a firearm?

	YES	NO	REFUSED
STATE	52%	42%	6%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	38%	61%	1%
Metro Suburbs	44%	40%	16%
Rest of State	68%	28%	4%
SEX
Men	61%	29%	10%
Women	44%	53%	3%
AGE
18-34	53%	41%	6%
35-49	53%	39%	8%
50-64	55%	40%	5%
65+	45%	50%	5%
INCOME
<$50,000	45%	52%	3%
$50,000+	58%	34%	8%
PARTY ID
DFL/Democrat	41%	59%	-
Republican	68%	31%	1%
Independent	53%	31%	16%
None	42%	44%	14%
REGISTERED VOTER?
Yes	53%	42%	5%
No	47%	41%	12%

QUESTION: Do you have a favorable opinion, unfavorable opinion or no opinion of the National Rifle Association?

	FAVORABLE	UNFAVORABLE	NO OPINION
STATE	38%	29%	33%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	26%	40%	34%
Metro Suburbs	40%	33%	27%
Rest of State	45%	16%	39%
SEX
Men	43%	27%	30%
Women	32%	30%	38%
AGE
18-34	42%	20%	38%
35-49	33%	32%	35%
50-64	40%	31%	29%
65+	36%	33%	31%
INCOME
<$50,000	38%	26%	36%
$50,000+	38%	30%	32%
PARTY ID
DFL/Democrat	17%	44%	39%
Republican	58%	12%	30%
Independent	39%	30%	31%
None	50%	10%	40%
REGISTERED VOTER?
Yes	37%	30%	33%
No	40%	23%	37%
GUN OWNER?
Yes	51%	18%	31%
No	20%	43%	37%