Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions
Updated: May 1

The most recent data from the American National Election Study, a large representative US sample, was used to test relationships between racism, g un ownership, and opposition to gun control in US whites. Explanatory variables known to be related to gun ownership and gun control opposition (i.e., age, gender, education, income, conservatism, anti-government sentiment, southern vs. other states, political identification) were entered in logistic regression models, along with measures of racism, and the stereotype of blacks as violent.