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Opinion › Arms Sales

Public opinion on arms sales

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The world, so far

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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

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