After each mass public shooting, an inevitable debate surrounding the tools used to carry out the attack ensues. This debate is marked by two sides: those who endorse controlling access to firearms and those who oppose restrictions to the Second Amendment. Implicit in this dialogue is the assumption that gun owners are a homogenous group who stand in opposition to the gun control legislation. Using a national sample of American gun‐owning adults, we examine gun control attitudes among those who share the gun owner‐status and uncover divergent views split down political lines. Political partisanship and values are a major source of gun owners’ policy preferences. Republican gun owners and those with rightward political values are more likely to oppose gun control measures. Gun control, it seems, is politicized even among those who own guns, which suggests guns are political symbols with a meaning that extends beyond mere self‐interest in protecting ownership status.

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枪支拥有者和枪支管制：共同身份，不同意见

每次大规模枪击事件发生后，随之而来的是不可避免的辩论，涉及用于进行攻击的工具。这场辩论有两个方面：支持控制使用枪支的人和反对限制第二修正案的人。在此对话中隐含的假设是，枪支拥有者是反对枪支管制立法的同质群体。我们使用美国拥有枪支的成年人的全国样本，研究了那些拥有枪支拥有者身份并发现分歧政治观点的人之间的枪支管制态度。政治党派和价值观是枪支拥有者政策偏好的主要来源。共和党的枪支拥有者和具有正确政治价值观的人更有可能反对枪支管制措施。枪支管制似乎被政治化，即使是那些拥有枪支的人，