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Gun Ownership Is A Rural Verses Urban Issue

Last updated on Wednesday, July 12, 2017

(UNDATED) - The differences among rural and urban people toward gun ownership were brought into sharp relief in a recent Pew Research Center survey which revealed that 46 percent of rural adults say they own a gun, compared to 28 percent of suburbanites and 19 percent of city dwellers.

Also, among gun owners, 75 percent of those living in rural areas own several guns compared to 48 percent of urban gun owners who say they own more than one gun.

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