Oraka E, et al. - In a national representative sample of US adults, researchers determined the prevalence and identified the factors predictive of gun ownership and support for gun control policy. Using data from the General Social Survey (2010 to 2016), they investigated sociodemographic, geographic, and attitudinal variations in gun ownership as well as opinions towards laws needing police permits prior to gun purchases (N = 6,184). Overall, 1,358 US adults (22.1%) reported owning a gun and presale gun permit laws were favored by 4,445 (72.5%). Gun owning was significantly more likely to be reported in adults who were 65+ years of age, male, non-Hispanic white, politically conservative, earned $35,000+ annually, and did not reside in the Northeast region of the US. Significantly higher likelihood of supporting presale gun permit laws was reported among adults who were aged 65+, female, non-Hispanic blacks/other or Hispanics, college graduates, politically liberal, and resided in the Northeast vs their counterparts.