Thirty-two percent of residents polled in December 2023 think storing a firearm in one’s home as a tool doesn’t lower the risk of an intruder coming in and hurting someone in their
household, 18 percent think it only slightly lowers the risk, 20 percent think it moderately
lowers the risk, and 25 percent think it greatly lowers the risk. Five percent are unsure.

Results are from a statewide poll of 1,657 adults contacted through multiple modes, including by live interviewer on landline and cell phone, MMS text invitation to web and the probabilitybased Rutgers-Eagleton/SSRS Garden State Panel from Dec. 13 to Dec. 23.