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A slim majority keep no loaded firearms at home

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About one-in-eight U.S. adults (13%) say they keep a loaded firearm that is also unlocked, with no key, combination, or fingerprint needed to get or fire it, according to a November 2025 Verasight survey. Another 21% keep loaded guns and say every one of them is locked.

A 58% majority say their homes hold no loaded firearms at all. The rest either aren't certain (3%) or decline to answer (5%).

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A slim majority keep no loaded firearms at home.

Are any of these loaded firearms also unlocked? By unlocked, we mean you do not need a key or a combination or a hand/fingerprint to get the gun or to fire it. Don’t count the safety as a lock.

  • There are no loaded firearms kept in or around my home 57.9%
  • No 21.2%
  • Yes 12.9%
  • Prefer not to respond 4.6%
  • Don’t know/not sure 3.4%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.2%

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Methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.2%
Module
Module 2

Source

Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025

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Mode
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Population
US adults age 18+.
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