An August 2012 survey found that by a large majority, Americans consider the constitutional right to own and carry a gun to be as important as the right to free speech. An even larger majority of those polled, though, voiced opposition to people carrying concealed weapons into houses of worship. What’s more, there was considerable difference of opinion along religious demographic lines about how best to deter gun massacres. The survey was conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service.
| Website | http://publicreligion.org/research/2012/08/august-2012-prri-rns-survey/ |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Church & state, Congregations, Government & politics, Law & courts |
| Locations | United States of America |
| Languages | English |