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Gun Control Policy Attitudes & Priorities Survey

Maps where respondents stand on gun rights and gun regulation — general attitudes, support for specific policy proposals, and personal experience with firearms — then uses an AI follow-up interview to surface the reasoning and lived experience behind each person's stated position, not just a number on a scale. Built for policy researchers, journalists, and advocacy teams tracking public opinion.

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13 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Thanks for taking part in this survey on gun policy in the U.S. There are no right or wrong answers — we want your honest views, whatever they are. It takes about 6-8 minutes, and a few responses are anonymous by default.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

Which best describes your relationship to firearms today?

  • I currently own one or more firearms
  • I have owned a firearm in the past but don't now
  • I have never owned a firearm but have used one (e.g., shooting range, hunting, service)
  • I have never owned or used a firearm
Q03
Multiple Choice

In the past year, have you or someone close to you been directly affected by gun violence (e.g., threatened, injured, or lost someone)?

  • Yes, personally
  • Yes, someone close to me
  • No
  • Prefer not to say
Q04
MatrixRequired

How much do you agree or disagree with each statement?

5 rows × 5 columns
  • The right to own a firearm is a fundamental individual right
  • Stricter gun laws would meaningfully reduce mass shootings
  • Owning a gun makes my household safer
  • Current background check requirements are strict enough
  • Law-abiding gun owners already face too many restrictions
Columns: Strongly disagree · Disagree · Neutral · Agree · Strongly agree
Q05
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

Of the following policy proposals, which would you consider the MOST effective and LEAST effective at reducing gun violence in the U.S.?

  • Universal background checks for all firearm sales, including private sales
  • Red flag laws allowing temporary removal of firearms from at-risk individuals
  • Raising the minimum legal age to purchase a firearm
  • Banning high-capacity magazines
  • Mandatory waiting periods before a purchase is completed
  • Stricter safe-storage requirements to prevent unauthorized access
  • Increased funding for mental health services
Pick best & worst per setBest:Most effectiveWorst:Least effective
Q06
Opinion ScaleRequired

Overall, where do you fall between prioritizing gun rights and prioritizing gun regulation?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Strongly prioritize protecting gun rightsMax:Strongly prioritize stricter gun regulation
Q07
Ranking

Rank the factors below by how much they've shaped your views on guns, from most influential to least.

  1. Family upbringing or cultural background
  2. Personal experience with gun violence or self-defense
  3. News and media coverage
  4. Religious or moral beliefs
  5. Political party affiliation
  6. Professional experience (e.g., law enforcement, military, medicine)
Drag to rank
Q08
AI Interview

Probe the reasoning behind the respondent's placement on the gun-rights-vs-regulation scale, anchoring on the specific policy statements or proposals they rated most strongly (in either direction) in the earlier questions. Ask what personal experiences, events, or people most shaped that view, and whether there's any policy on 'the other side' they could support. If they reported being personally affected by gun violence, gently explore how that experience influences their current position. If their answers seem inconsistent (e.g., strongly favoring rights but rating most regulations as effective), ask them to reconcile that directly.

Q09
Multiple Choice

Which best describes your political affiliation?

  • Democrat
  • Republican
  • Independent
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q10
Multiple Choice

What is your age range?

  • Under 18
  • 18-24
  • 25-34
  • 35-44
  • 45-54
  • 55-64
  • 65 or older
  • Prefer not to say
Q11
Multiple Choice

What is your gender?

  • Woman
  • Man
  • Non-binary
  • Prefer to self-describe
  • Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice

Which region best describes where you live? (Template note: replace with country-specific regions before launching.)

  • Northeast
  • Midwest
  • South
  • West
  • Outside the U.S.
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Message

Thank you for sharing your views. Your answers, along with everyone else's, will be aggregated into a report on public attitudes toward gun policy — individual responses are not shared or attributed to you.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

Why this template

What this template is built to do — we found no directly comparable template from other survey tools to review.

What sets it apart

  • Goes beyond a single rights-vs-regulation scale by pairing an opinion scale, a matrix of agreement statements, and a max-diff ranking of policy proposals to map nuanced positions
  • Includes an AI follow-up interview that specifically probes the reasoning behind each respondent's placement on the gun-rights-vs-regulation spectrum, surfacing lived experience rather than just a number
  • Captures personal context often missing from static gun-policy polls, including direct firearm relationship, recent personal impact from gun violence, and a ranked exercise on what has shaped each person's views
  • Collects standard demographic and political-affiliation breakouts alongside the qualitative interview data, with an auto-generated report to support policy researchers, journalists, and advocacy teams

Frequently asked questions

What questions are in the “Gun Control Policy Attitudes & Priorities Survey” template?

The template includes 13 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Thanks for taking part in this survey on gun policy in the U.S. There are no right or wrong answers — we want your hones…” · “Which best describes your relationship to firearms today?” · “In the past year, have you or someone close to you been directly affected by gun violence (e.g., threatened, injured, or…”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.

How long does this survey take to complete?

Respondents typically finish the 13 questions in about 7 minutes.

Can I customize this template?

Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.

Is this template free to use?

Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.

Ready to launch?

Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.

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