Opinion › Arms Sales
Public opinion on arms sales
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The world, so far
Every answer received, unweighted and un-post-stratified. This is a tally, not a published estimate.
A · We should not sell arms to countries at war.
B · Selling arms is how friends stay able to defend themselves.
41% A ·
27% neither ·
32% B · n = 1693
A · Sending arms into a war makes it last longer and kills more people.
B · When a country is invaded, sending it arms is the right thing to do.
44% A ·
24% neither ·
32% B · n = 3971
By nation
No nation has cleared the reporting threshold on this topic yet. Every page below says so plainly rather than guessing.
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