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Poll: Religious Groups Divided on Gun Control, But United Against Guns in Churches

By Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service
Graphic courtesy Public Religion Research Institute. Via RNS
Graphic courtesy Public Religion Research Institute. Via RNS
Aug 15, 2012
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After the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., and a deadly shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., Americans are divided on gun control, and within certain religious groups, attitudes are far from ambivalent.

But on the question of guns in churches, there is actual consensus: A strong majority of Americans don’t want them in the pews, according to a new poll released Wednesday (Aug. 15) by the Public Religion Research Institute conducted in partnership with Religion News Service.

"Although the issue of gun control tends to divide Americans by party, gender, region and race, there is broad agreement among the public that there are some places where concealed weapons should be off limits," said Daniel Cox, PRRI’s research director.

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