Table 2 Six-class model: probability of endorsing item given latent class used in Experiment 2

Class probability

25%

26%

15%

8%

14%

11%

Number of respondents

387

403

237

130

223

170

Gender

Male

65%

77%

81%

82%

75%

78%

Female

35%

23%

19%

18%

25%

22%

Race

White, non-Hispanic

80%

78%

84%

96%

87%

90%

Black, non-Hispanic

11%

9%

4%

2%

2%

4%

Other, non-Hispanic

2%

2%

2%

0%

2%

2%

Hispanic

5%

8%

5%

2%

5%

2%

2 + races, non-Hispanic

2%

3%

5%

0%

3%

2%

Reported political ideology

Conservative

47%

55%

68%

48%

39%

57%

Moderate

32%

33%

26%

28%

32%

27%

Liberal

21%

12%

7%

24%

29%

16%

Primary reason for owning a firearm

Self-protection

27%

21%

7%

0%

0%

11%

Family protection

58%

64%

54%

1%

0%

17%

Community protection

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Exercising one’s Second Amendment

6%

6%

16%

1%

3%

10%

Collecting

0%

1%

4%

0%

16%

6%

Family Tradition

0%

0%

0%

2%

31%

2%

Hunting

1%

0%

11%

85%

0%

27%

Target shooting

0%

3%

4%

2%

38%

20%

Gun related activities

Going to a shooting range at least once a month

1%

22%

31%

0%

3%

18%

Carried favorite firearm in the past month

11%

42%

62%

26%

0%

41%

Subscribes to a gun-related magazine

3%

18%

44%

3%

3%

29%

NRA membership

Membership in the NRA

2%

12%

39%

2%

2%

25%

Identity

Owning a gun is a significant aspect of own identity

9%

15%

43%

5%

4%

13%

Number of firearms owned

Total number of firearms owned

2.7

3.8

10.5

3.8

3.3

9.4

Moral foundation value score

Care

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.3

2.9

Reciprocity

3.1

3.3

3.7

3.1

3.1

3.2

Loyalty

2.3

2.5

2.8

2.3

2.1

2.5

Authority

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.2

3.0

3.2

Purity

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.6

Autonomy

3.1

3.3

3.8

3.1

3

3.4

Equality

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.4

2.2

2.1