# Nearly all Americans favor requiring gun buyers to show a valid ID

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted May 16 to 17, 2023, 97% of Americans said gun buyers should be required to show a valid ID.

Just 3% said they should not.

## Topline

Should gun buyers be required to show a valid ID?

97% of Americans say gun buyers should be required to show a valid ID.

- Yes: 96.6%
- No: 3.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-05-16 → 2023-05-17
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#valid-id-for-gun-buyers](https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#valid-id-for-gun-buyers)

## Citation

AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036, fielded May 16-17, 2023, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#valid-id-for-gun-buyers](https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#valid-id-for-gun-buyers)