Although debates over guns and gun control have roiled the contemporary political scene, the role of religion has received only limited attention from scholars. We contribute to this literature by developing a series of theoretical arguments linking one specific facet of religion –belief in supernatural evil (i.e., the Devil/Satan, Hell, and demons)—and a range of gun policy attitudes. Relevant hypotheses are then tested using data from the 2014 Baylor Religion Survey (n = 1572). Results show that belief in supernatural evil is a robust predictor of support for policies that expand gun rights. Overall, the estimated net effects of belief in supernatural evil withstand statistical controls for a host of sociodemographic covariates, and, importantly, political ideology. Very few other aspects of religion are associated with any of these gun policy attitudes. Implications and study limitations are discussed, and promising directions for future research on religion and guns are identified.

尽管关于枪支和枪支管制的辩论搅动了当代政治舞台，但宗教的作用只受到学者们有限的关注。我们通过开发一系列将宗教的一个特定方面——对超自然邪恶的信仰（即魔鬼/撒旦、地狱和恶魔）的信仰——与一系列枪支政策态度联系起来的理论论证来为该文献做出贡献。然后使用 2014 年贝勒宗教调查 (n = 1572) 的数据检验相关假设。结果表明，对超自然邪恶的信仰是支持扩大枪支权利的政策的有力预测指标。总体而言，对超自然邪恶信仰的估计净效应经受住了对许多社会人口协变量的统计控制，而且，重要的是，政治意识形态。宗教的其他方面很少与这些枪支政策态度有关。讨论了影响和研究局限性，并确定了未来宗教和枪支研究的有希望的方向。