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Summary<\/h3>\nSummary<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s begin with some general context: Nationwide, 66% of those with an opinion favor a Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment includes a right to possess a gun outside the home. When it is presented as a matter of state policy choice (law), 62% favor allowing concealed carry of handguns with a permit or license required. So public opinion substantially favors allowing \u201clicensed concealed carry\u201d of handguns.<\/p>\n
In contrast, there is substantial majority opposition<\/em> to laws allowing concealed carry without<\/em> a licensing requirement. Concealed carry without a license requirement is supported nationwide by 19% and opposed by 81%.<\/p>\n In fact, even in the 25 states with \u201cpermitless concealed carry\u201d laws, a minority of 28% of adults favor such laws, while 72% are opposed to them, based on a May 2022 Marquette Law School Poll national survey conducted last month (before the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas). And state surveys, by other polling entities, in Texas and Tennessee (states with permitless concealed carry laws) found 34% and 39% favored these laws, respectively, with 59% opposed in both states.<\/p>\n In the following analysis, state gun laws are grouped into four categories.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Classifications of states were based on these websites, which were checked for consistency:<\/p>\n https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/giffords.org\/lawcenter\/gun-laws\/policy-areas\/guns-in-public\/concealed-carry\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/concealedguns.procon.org\/state-by-state-concealed-carry-permit-laws\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Marquette Law School Poll surveyed 1,004 adults nationwide May 9-19, 2022. The margin of error is +\/-3.9 percentage points. The survey focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and included three items on opinion about the Second Amendment and concealed carry laws. The survey began before the mass shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y., and was completed before the mass shooting that killed 21 in a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.<\/p>\n Full results of the Marquette Law School poll are available at https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/2022\/05\/26\/detailed-results-of-the-marquette-law-school-supreme-court-poll-may-9-19-2022-2\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court is set to decide, this summer, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc.\u00a0v. Bruen<\/em>, which addresses whether the Second Amendment protects the right to possess a gun outside the home.<\/p>\n The Marquette Law School Poll\u2019s national survey asked this:<\/p>\n Do you favor or oppose the following possible future Supreme Court decisions, or haven\u2019t you heard enough about this to have an opinion?: Rule that the 2nd Amendment right to \u201ckeep and bear arms\u201d protects the right to carry a gun outside the home.<\/p>\n Among those with an opinion, 66% favor such a ruling and 34% are opposed.<\/p>\n Opinion on this extension of Second Amendment interpretation to include guns outside the home is more supportive in states with less restrictive gun laws, with large majorities favoring expanded rights to possess a gun, and less supportive in the most restrictive states, where opinion is evenly divided. These results are shown in Table 1.<\/p>\n Table 1: Favor or oppose Court ruling that the 2nd Amendment right to \u2018keep and bear arms\u2019 protects the right to carry a gun outside the home, by state gun laws, among those with an opinion, May 2022 (all table numbers are percentages)<\/p>\nState gun laws<\/h3>\n
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