This statistic shows the public opinion in the United States on equipping teachers and school staff with firearms as a response mechanism in a event of school shootings. As of February 2018, about 41 percent of all registered voters, identifying themselves as Republican, strongly supported equipping teachers and school staff with firearms.
Do you support equipping teachers and school staff with concealed firearms to respond in the event of a school shooting?
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Statistics on Firearms in the United States
Firearm ownership
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- Premium Statistic Gun ownership in the U.S. 1972-2022
- Premium Statistic Gun ownership in the U.S. 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Gun ownership in the U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Gun ownership in the U.S. 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic Gun ownership in the U.S. 2021, by education level
- Premium Statistic Gun ownership U.S. 2022, by party affiliation
- Basic Statistic Number of registered weapons U.S. 2021, by state
Firearm production and sale
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- Basic Statistic U.S. number of firearms manufactured 1986-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of total firearms manufactured U.S. 2021, by firearm category
- Basic Statistic Economic impact of U.S. sporting arms and ammunition industry 2020
- Basic Statistic Number of exported firearms U.S.1986-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of exported firearms manufactured 2021, by firearm category
- Basic Statistic Number of imported firearms U.S. 1986-2020
- Basic Statistic Number of imported firearms U.S. 2020, by firearm category
- Premium Statistic NICS background checks performed in the U.S. 1998-2021
Firearm related crime, deaths and injuries
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- Basic Statistic Number of homicides by firearm in the U.S. 2006-2021
- Basic Statistic Homicides by firearm in the U.S. 2006-2020
- Basic Statistic Homicide by firearm rate in the U.S. 2006-2020
- Basic Statistic Murders involving firearms in the U.S. 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Murder victims by weapon used in the U.S 2021
- Basic Statistic Worst mass shootings in the U.S., as of January 2023
- Basic Statistic Mass shootings in the U.S.: legality of shooter's weapons, as of January 2023
- Premium Statistic Number of firearm deaths U.S. 2019, by gender
Public opinion on firearms
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- Basic Statistic U.S. public opinion on the strictness of laws covering firearms sale 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic Support for stricter gun control laws U.S. 2022, by party
- Basic Statistic Support for protecting or limiting gun ownership rights U.S. 2022, by party
- Basic Statistic U.S. public opinion on a law that bans private handgun possession 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic Support for banning assault-style weapons in the U.S. 2022, by party
- Basic Statistic Support for banning high-capacity ammunition magazines U.S. 2022, by party
Further related statistics
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- American teachers on being worried about school shootings 2018
- Support for stricter gun control laws in the U.S. in 2018, by residential area
- Support for banning bump fire stocks in the U.S. in 2018
- Rate of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2020
- U.S. number of firearms processed 1990-2020
- Number of incidents in which police firearms were used in England and Wales 2008-2022
- Rate of firearm homicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2020
- U.S. number of imported firearms 2020, by country of origin
- Number of armed police in England and Wales 2008-2022
- Brazil: number of homicides with guns 2006-2019
- U.S. number of federal firearm dealers 1975-2020
- U.S. border patrol: confiscated firearms and ammunition FY 2020, by sector
- Breakdown of the medium-caliber ammunition market in 2016 and 2021, by caliber type
- Rate of firearm deaths in the U.S. 1990-2010
- U.S. emergency department visits due to firearm-related injuries 2006-2009
- U.S. emergency department visits due to firearm-related injuries by manner 2009
- U.S. school shootings 2012-2014, by type of school
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- American teachers on being worried about school shootings 2018
- Support for stricter gun control laws in the U.S. in 2018, by residential area
- Support for banning bump fire stocks in the U.S. in 2018
- Rate of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2020
- U.S. number of firearms processed 1990-2020
- Number of incidents in which police firearms were used in England and Wales 2008-2022
- Rate of firearm homicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2020
- U.S. number of imported firearms 2020, by country of origin
- Number of armed police in England and Wales 2008-2022
- Brazil: number of homicides with guns 2006-2019
- U.S. number of federal firearm dealers 1975-2020
- U.S. border patrol: confiscated firearms and ammunition FY 2020, by sector
- Breakdown of the medium-caliber ammunition market in 2016 and 2021, by caliber type
- Rate of firearm deaths in the U.S. 1990-2010
- U.S. emergency department visits due to firearm-related injuries 2006-2009
- U.S. emergency department visits due to firearm-related injuries by manner 2009
- U.S. school shootings 2012-2014, by type of school
Morning Consult. (February 28, 2018). Do you support equipping teachers and school staff with concealed firearms to respond in the event of a school shooting? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/811742/support-for-teachers-being-equipped-with-firearms-in-the-us/
Morning Consult. "Do you support equipping teachers and school staff with concealed firearms to respond in the event of a school shooting?." Chart. February 28, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/811742/support-for-teachers-being-equipped-with-firearms-in-the-us/
Morning Consult. (2018). Do you support equipping teachers and school staff with concealed firearms to respond in the event of a school shooting?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/811742/support-for-teachers-being-equipped-with-firearms-in-the-us/
Morning Consult. "Do You Support Equipping Teachers and School Staff with Concealed Firearms to Respond in The Event of a School Shooting?." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/811742/support-for-teachers-being-equipped-with-firearms-in-the-us/
Morning Consult, Do you support equipping teachers and school staff with concealed firearms to respond in the event of a school shooting? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/811742/support-for-teachers-being-equipped-with-firearms-in-the-us/ (last visited February 09, 2023)
Do you support equipping teachers and school staff with concealed firearms to respond in the event of a school shooting? [Graph], Morning Consult, February 28, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/811742/support-for-teachers-being-equipped-with-firearms-in-the-us/