Types of reasons given for supporting firearm policies

Open-ended question: "You said you support efforts to [fill in with policy that the respondent strongly supports, randomly assigning in the case of more than one, or randomly choosing from among somewhat supports if no options were strongly supported]. Can you explain why?" (Graph shows proportion whose response was coded into the category; several respondents provided answers that spanned more than one category).
Source: APM Research Lab analysis of McCourtney Institute’s Mood of the Nation Poll, May 12-18, 2023.
N = 977 respondents to this question (of a total 1,000 U.S. adults age 18 or older; weighted ns asked about each measure noted in graph); the overall margin of error is ±3.6 percentage points; larger for sub-groups.
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