blog post Californians Continue to Favor Stricter Gun Laws By Rachel Lawler May 28, 2021 PPIC’s May survey—fielded prior to the shooting at a San Jose transit facility this week—finds that a solid majority of Californians favor stricter state gun regulations, a share consistent with our prior surveys.
blog post Californians’ Attitudes Toward Gun Control By Alyssa Dykman, Lunna Lopes Nov 14, 2018 California has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. Most Californians say they should be even stricter.
blog post Californians Worry over Mass Shootings, Favor Stricter Gun Laws By Rachel Lawler May 26, 2022 At least half of Californians have been concerned in recent years about a mass shooting in their area, and a majority of adults and likely voters favor stricter laws covering the sale of guns.
blog post Californians Prioritize Controlling Gun Ownership By Rachel Lawler Feb 7, 2023 Two in three Californians believe that controlling gun ownership should be prioritized over the right to own guns, and the share prioritizing gun control has grown over the last decade.
blog post Most Californians Want More Gun Regulation By David Kordus Mar 1, 2016 In the wake of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, the PPIC Statewide Survey finds that 62 percent of Californians say the government does not do enough to regulate access to guns.
blog post Gun Incidents Drive a Climb in Violent Crime Rates By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Sep 25, 2023 Violent crime in California has been ticking up since 2019. And while the overall share of violent crimes involving guns dipped in 2022, it remains above pre-pandemic levels.
blog post Concerns about Gun Violence Are Widespread By Dean Bonner, Deja Thomas Aug 22, 2023 As violent crime increases around the state, one in four Californians—slightly larger than the share nationally—worry either every day or almost every day that they or a loved one will be a victim of gun violence. Parents in California are much more likely than adults without children to worry about gun violence.
blog post Mass Shootings in California By Heather Harris Jul 5, 2022 Although California’s mass shooting homicide rate is lower than the national average, a mass shooting occurs here every eight days on average.
blog post Video: A Conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta By Stephanie Barton May 31, 2023 PPIC president and CEO Tani Cantil-Sakauye talks with Attorney General Bonta about key issues he has taken on during his two years in office as well as his priorities looking ahead.