PRINCETON, N.J. - (Business Wire) On a day when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Washington D.C. gun-control law as unconstitutional, Opinion Research Corporation (an
infoGROUP Company) (NASDAQ:IUSA) announced that 67% of Americans say that the Constitution does guarantee the right to own a gun.
At the same time, many Americans favor specific actions the government has taken to control guns. Specifically:
- Preventing Felons and People With Mental Health Problems From Owning Guns – 88% favor and 12% oppose
- Waiting Periods for Gun Purchases – 86% favor and 14% oppose
- Requiring Gun Registration – 79% favor and 20% oppose
- Limits on Number of Guns Someone Can Own - 51% favor and 48% oppose
- Concealed Weapons Laws - 48% favor and 52% oppose
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on June 4-5, 2008 which interviewed 1,035 adult Americans by telephone. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
About Opinion Research Corporation
Opinion Research Corporation, an infoGROUP company, has offered innovative solutions to the toughest market research challenges of clients worldwide since 1938. ORC’s Customer Strategies practice helps clients better understand both their existing and prospective customers to establish market differentiation and drive business growth. The firm has been conducting national, speech reaction, state and flash/overnight polls for CNN since April 2006. To learn more, visit www.opinionresearch.com.
About infoGROUP
infoGROUP (www.infoGROUP.com) (NASDAQ: IUSA), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer databases for sales leads & mailing lists, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoGROUP has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own 12 proprietary databases under one roof. The infoGROUP database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 4 million customers use infoGROUP’s products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. infoGROUP headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infoGROUP.com. To get a 72-hour free trial and 100 free sales leads, click www.salesgenie.com.
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