Gallup: Gun ownership spiking among GOP women

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Friday, November 22, 2024

More and more Republican women are buying guns, according to a recent Gallup poll.

According to Gallup's Nov. 21 news release, gun ownership among U.S. adults remains near 30% overall, but the ownership rate among Republican women rose from 19% in 2007-2012 to 33% in 2019-2024.

Ownership remains high among Republican men but is "relatively scarce" among Democratic and independent women and has fallen among Democratic men and independent men, according to Gallup.

Check this out: The Daniel Defense "Give Thanks for our Freedoms" Raffle - $3,000 Prize Package

Gallup says the gender gap has shrunk in the 2019-2024 sample, but the political party gap has expanded, with 47% of Republicans now owning guns compared to 19% of Democrats. In the 2007-2012 sample, the difference was 16 points, with 38% of Republicans and 22% of Democrats owning guns.

Other factors aren't the strong predictors they once were, according to Gallup.

"Race, marital status, and education had been among the strongest predictors of gun ownership in the 2007-2012 data, but those factors are less influential today as political party, ideology and income have grown in importance."

Conservatives also are among the major subgroups with the highest gun ownership rates at 45%, compared to 16% among liberals.