Regulating guns The National Gun Policy Survey asked a random sample of adults, “Do you think there should be a law that would ban possession of handguns except for the police and other authorized persons?” Here are the responses, broken down by the respondent’s level of education:23 Education Less than high school High school grad Some college College grad Postgrad degree Yes 58 84 169 98 77 No 58 129 294 135 99 Does the sample provide convincing evidence of an association between education level and opinion about a handgun ban in the adult population?