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Sunshine Tour releases schedule for new Big Easy Tour season

Jul 4, 2023 | Big Easy Tour , Featured

Following the successful return of the Altron Big Easy Tour to the local golfing scene last year, the Sunshine Tour has released a 12-tournament schedule for the 2023-24 season.

This is an increase of two tournaments more than last year’s schedule, thereby creating more opportunities for the players to compete at a high level.

Having secured the sponsorship of IT solutions giant, Altron, when the tour returned under the commissioning of the Sunshine Tour, the second season of this developmental tour begins this July.

With each tournament carrying a total of R150,000 and the final R300,000 in prize money, the first event tees off on the Bushwillow layout at Randpark Golf Club on July 4 while the second will be played at Reading Country Club in the East Rand, Gauteng, a week later.

The historic Soweto Country Club will host the third event of the season from August 1 before Kyalami Country Club gets its own piece of professional golf action a month later. The two venues, along with Blue Valley Golf Estate, are hosting Altron Big Easy Tour events for the second successive time each after they both played host last year. The year will close off with Blue Valley hosting the fifth tournament of the season before the Christmas break in November.

In the new year, Dainfern Country Club will host the sixth event in the second week of January while Waterkloof Golf Club in Pretoria will be the next destination. The East Rand will be the next stop as Benoni Country Club hosts the seventh event before the playoffs.

Just as it was in the previous season, Centurion Country Club returns to the calendar and will again host the play-offs early in April before the season-ending event returns to Country Club Johannesburg-Rocklands for the grand finale which carries R300,000 in prize money. The two venues for the new tournaments are yet to be confirmed but will certainly be held in Gauteng too.

“The rerun of the Altron Big Easy Tour to the main golfing scene last year proved to be a great success for the Tour and our sponsor,” said Sunshine Tour tournament director, Ludwick Manyama.

“Through a tough period economically, our main sponsors, Altron, were able to see our vision of turning this developmental tour into a professional series which benefited our players immensely. We had a full schedule with 10 events and this season won’t be much different.

“We anticipate a total of 12 tournaments for this season to provide further playing opportunities for the players, especially those who aren’t eligible to play on the main Sunshine Tour circuit. We are grateful to our sponsors because their contributions help us realise our vision of making golf accessible.”

The Big Easy Tour was founded in 2011 and enjoys the support of Ernie Els among other greats.

By Matthews Mfubu for Fullpage Media and Communications

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Sunshine Tour's Big Easy Tour season schedule released

Following the successful return of the Altron Big Easy Tour to the local golfing scene last year, the Sunshine Tour has released a 12-tournament schedule for the 2023/24 season.

This is an increase of two tournaments more than last year’s schedule, thereby creating more opportunities for the players to compete at a high level.

Having secured the sponsorship of IT solutions giant Altron when the Tour returned under the commissioning of professional golf’s mother body, the Sunshine Tour, the second season of this developmental tour begins this July.

With each tournament carrying a total of R150 000 and the final R300 000 in prize money, the first event tees off on the Bushwillow layout at Randpark Golf Club on July 4 while the second will be played at Reading Country Club in the East Rand, Gauteng, a week later.

The historic Soweto Country Club will host the third event of the season from August 1 before Kyalami Country Club gets its own piece of professional golf action a month later. The two venues along with Blue Valley Golf Estate are hosting Altron Big Easy Tour events for the second successive time each after they played hosts last year. The year will close off with Blue Valley hosting the fifth tournament of the season before the Christmas break in November.

In the new year, Dainfern Country Club will host the sixth event in the second week of January while Waterkloof Golf Club in Pretoria will be the next destination. The East Rand will be the next stop as Benoni Country Club hosts the seventh event before the playoffs.

Just as it was in the previous season, Centurion Country Club returns to the calendar and will again host the playoffs early in April before the season-ending event returns to Country Club Johannesburg – Rocklands for the grand finale which carries R300 000 in prize money. The two venues for the new tournaments are yet to be confirmed but will certainly be held in Gauteng too.

“The rerun of the Altron Big Easy Tour to the main golfing scene last year proved to be a great success for the Tour and our sponsor,” said Sunshine Tour Tournament Director Ludwick Manyama.

“Through a tough period economically, our main sponsors, Altron, were able to see our vision of turning this developmental tour into a professional series which benefited our players immensely. We had a full schedule with 10 events and this season won’t be much different.

“We anticipate a total of 12 tournaments for this season to provide further playing opportunities for the players, especially those who aren’t eligible to play on the main Sunshine Tour circuit. We are grateful to our sponsors because their contributions help us realise our vision of making golf accessible.”

The Big Easy Tour was founded in 2011 and enjoys the support of Ernie Els among other greats.

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Campenaerts' stage-smashing fueling pushes thresholds further than ever before in a Tour de France 'arms race' of nutrition, tech, aerodynamics.

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'The legs that will do the talking': Evenepoel predicts Alps fireworks as team insiders give insight into the mature, 'real leader' who loves to race on display at this Tour.

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'If you have under $50 million you have no chance to win the Tour de France:' Rising salaries, space-age back-room support, and urgent talent-hunt all driving up budgets to unprecedented levels.

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Time Trialing is just you against the clock. Well, you and a heavily optimized combination of cutting edge gear and bike positioning against the clock.

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New climbing records by the Tour’s two superstars Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are raising questions — but the reality of cycling is much different today than a quarter century ago.

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'I aimed for this stage in December:' Campenaerts plotted Tour de France breakaway heist months ago.

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Campenaerts takes emotional and unexpected sprint win at end of long, hot breakaway stage, overall contenders hold fire.

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Kuss absence left a hole in Visma-Lease a Bike lineup during this Tour de France: 'You miss the guy who can be there for Jonas when it's only Remco and Tadej who are left.'

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For this Workout of the Week, we’ll simulate Pogačar’s effort on Plateau de Beille, where he did nearly 7w/kg for 40 minutes after four-and-a-half hours of racing in the heat.

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From crank lengths and interval selection to breakfast choices and frame bolts, Pogačar and UAE Emirates left no stone unturned in their pursuit of grand tour perfection.

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Analysis: For a team that was once so far ahead of the game, Ineos Grenadiers is behind the curve. After 5 years without a Tour victory, can cycling's first 'super team' catch up?

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Meet Mario Meeuwssen, the man behind the wheel of Lotto Dstny's traveling HQ: 'I tell the riders they don't have to listen to the sports director all day. But in my bus, I’m the boss.'

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Belgian rider Van Aert drags chase behind to control dangerous Remco Evenepoel attack

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The past Vuelta a España champion's career has slowed in recent years but a team move could reinvent and reinvigorate Simon Yates.

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Racing for what? Tour de France sprinters face unfamiliar territory of riding on with no more sprint stages left.

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Visma-Lease a Bike vows to keep pressuring Pogačar all the way to Nice after Wednesday's offensive onslaught brings morale-sapping losses.

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Relentless aggression by US team pays off with Tour stage win, Vingegaard loses more time

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Girmay leads the Tour de France green jersey by 32 points, but mid-stage bonus sprints could give Philipsen a slim option: 'The chance of succeeding is very small.'

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If he had his full-strength Team Visma around him, Jonas Vingegaard would be fighting a much closer (perhaps winning) battle with Tadej Pogačar.

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Sepp Kuss started his career on a mountain bike, is there now a through line from gravel to the yellow jersey at the Tour de France? 'We will see some young kid to come out of gravel to become a big star.'

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Jorgenson estimates best power of his career on Plateau de Beille riding on feel and lifts lid on Visma-Lease a Bike’s plan for Alps: ‘We’re not here to finish second’.

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No fairytale second stage win in Nîmes but Cavendish is content after breaking record earlier in race. His next challenge? Making it to Nice: 'Mark really wants to finish the race.'

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The missed turn and near crash happened while the team car was pacing a rider back up to the peloton.

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The race for the 'maillot vert' is heating up unexpectedly after the worst possible outcome for Girmay in Tuesday's final sprint stage: 'I don't care if I lose this jersey or if I keep it.'

2 weeks ago

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No fairytale finish for Cavendish in last Tour de France sprint before retirement, Girmay crashes in final to blow green jersey battle wide open.

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The Velo Podcast discusses the second week of the Tour de France and looks ahead to the final week.

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Fan favorite Magnus Cort accepted a silly bet and kept his word. Everybody wins.

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Cavendish suffered through the Pyrénées to fight for one last win: 'It's the last time perhaps I do a sprint in the Tour de France.'

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Teams are tapping into artificial intelligence and consulting data analysts in the hunt for any hidden breakthroughs.

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'He doesn’t think much. He just races': The Uno-X Mobility 'snowplow' is on a mission to attack the Tour de France his own way.

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Israel-Premier Tech's versatile talent enters final week ninth on GC: 'I'm seeing more and more Canadian flags out here.'

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'I would be disappointed with 4th:' Remco Evenepoel pivots to fight for Tour de France podium after proving his worth in Pyrénées.

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Breaking down where the GC contenders have won/lost time so far during a scorching fast Tour de France, and what it means for the race's final week.

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Race leader explains Plateau de Beille record and why he is climbing so fast; expects Visma fireworks in the Alps in bid to crack him.

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The second week of the 2024 Tour de France saw the GC battle heat up in the Pyrenees.

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Remco's rise, Pogi's double, Girmay's history, Vingegaard's enigma: Here are the big narratives to follow for the dramatic climax of the Tour de France.

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A four-hour ride and a few intervals? Sure. We explore the art, science, and oddities of the Tour de France rest day.

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'I believed we could crack Tadej today': Few regrets for defending Dane and right-hand man Jorgenson after valiant team display on Sunday.

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Pogačar caps off an incredible show of force in the Pyrénées.

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Tour record holder Cavendish endures grueling day in the big mountains, bravely battling in on Sunday.

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'I don’t know how fast Pantani rode back in the day:' Infallible Pogačar leaves Pyrénées in pole position to win his third Tour de France.

Tour de France Writers

Andrew Hood

Andrew Hood, aka “EuroHoody,” is the European editor for Velo . Since joining the title in 2002, he’s been chasing bike races all over the world. He’s covered dozens editions of the spring classics and the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España, as well as numerous world championships in road, track, and mountain biking. He’s also covered five Olympic Games and traveled across six continents for bike races. Beyond the Outside cycling network, his work has appeared in The New York Times , Sports Illustrated , ESPN , Outside , SKI ,  Traveler Magazine , Washington Post , Dallas Morning News , and Denver Post . He’s a voting member of the Velo d’Or prize committee, and he’s appeared on CNN, NBC, NPR, and BBC. Chances are if there’s a bike race, EuroHoody’s been to it, or will be going soon.

Betsy Welch

Betsy writes about off-road racing, culture, and personalities for Outside’s cycling group. As a rider, she loves big adventures on the bike. Some of her most memorable reporting/riding trips include the Migration Gravel Race in Kenya, bikepacking the Colorado Trail, and riding from Torino to Nice after the inaugural Tour de France Femmes. In the summer, she loves to run, ride, and hike through the Elk Mountains in her backyard; in the winter, she skis uphill.

I’m a UK-based editor and reporter focusing on road racing, training, and nutrition. I’ve developed a bank of experience working on the ground at all three grand tours, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Strade Bianche, road worlds, and many more. I have my own ‘ Behind the Ride ‘ series of features that digs into how riders in the pro peloton have become the best in the world. It’s a wide-ranging column that’s covered diet, training, recovery, altitude camps, and a lot more. And when I’m not working? After a few decades of mostly dismal results, I’ve hung up the wheels on my bike racing career. Instead, now, I’m a trail / ultra racer … but don’t hold that against me.

Andy McGrath

Formerly editor of Rouleur magazine, Andy McGrath is a freelance sports journalist and has covered the Tour de France, Tour of Italy and the sport’s big one-day Classics. He covered the 2023 Tour de France for VELO.

Shane Stokes

Shane Stokes has written about pro cycling for over 25 years, covering grand tours, world championships, Classics and other major events during that time. He’s been the Irish Times cycling correspondent for over two decades, appeared regularly on that country’s national broadcaster RTE in analyzing the sport, and contributed to Velo and many of the sport’s international outlets. When not writing about cycling he’s happiest in nature on a sunny day, particularly with a dog or two in tow.

Will Tracy is a San Francisco based editor interested in all things cycling. Since getting his start in cycling journalism with Peloton Magazine , he has reported from the Tour de France; the Taipei Cycle, Eurobike, and Sea Otter trade shows; and covered the biggest events in gravel racing including Unbound and SBT GRVL. When not biking, he stays active with climbing and running and likes to take photos, cook, and serially dabble in new hobbies.

Alvin Holbrook

Alvin is a tech editor for Velo. He covers road, gravel, and e-bikes after nearly a decade in the bike industry. In addition, he uses his background in urban planning to cover stories about active transportation, policy, tech, and infrastructure through the Urbanist Update series. He currently lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife and an ever-growing stable of bikes and kitchen utensils. Meet Alvin

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest but when it’s time to ride, hot and dry is better than cold and wet. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but understands most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn’t care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset, and beyond, the answer is always yes.

How to watch the Tour de France in 2024

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Preview 2024 Olympic time trial – men's category | 2022 or 2023 scenario for Evenepoel?

L ess than a week after the Tour de France, the next big cycling event is already on the menu. The Olympic time trial in Paris. The top favorites have chosen different preparations, whether by choice or necessity, making it interesting to see who will take the prize in Paris. IDLProCycling.com previews the event for you!

The Olympic time trial has been part of the globally renowned Games since 1996 (Atlanta). At that time, the IOC immediately had a big name as the winner with Miguel Indurain, followed by Viatcheslav Ekimov taking gold in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004). He won the latter after Tyler Hamilton was disqualified.

Fabian Cancellara also won the gold medal twice (2008 and 2016), while Bradley Wiggins took the gold in 2012 in his home country. The most recent winner of the gold was Primoz Roglic, who won at the COVID-affected Tokyo Games. Ahead of Tom Dumoulin, who took silver for the Netherlands, just like in 2016. Who will succeed Roglic, who will not be participating?

Practical information 2024 Olympics time trial men 

• Saturday, July 27, 2024
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Most recent winners Olympics time trial men

2020 Primoz Roglic

2016 Fabian Cancellara

2012 Bradley Wiggins

2008 Fabian Cancellara

2004 Viatcheslav Ekimov

2000 Viatcheslav Ekimov

2016 Miguel Indurain

Course, weather and times 2024 Olympics time trial men 

While the road race course is fairly hilly, the time trial course is not. A classic flat course: 32.5 kilometers with only 88 meters of elevation gain. Along the way, the riders could enjoy numerous famous spots in the French capital, were it not for the full focus being on the race.

The riders start at the Esplanades des Invalides and then head to the Place de la Bastille. From there, the participants fly to the Jacques Anquetil Velodrome. This is also a well-known spot: here Jan Janssen won the 1968 Tour de France by striking in the final time trial.

From the velodrome, the course goes through the Bois de Vincennes, where they encounter the first checkpoint after 13.4 kilometers, at the Château de Vincennes. After making a loop through the mentioned park, the riders return to the Château, where the second and final checkpoint is located.

From here, there are still ten kilometers to go. The route goes straight through the city, via the Place de la Nation. From there, we once again pass the Place de la Bastille, from where we take the same route as the start (but in reverse direction). The finish is opposite Les Invalides on the Pont Alexandre III. In short: few turns, little elevation, and many straight sections. A course for the power riders.

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We won't really get true summer weather in Paris on Saturday, as there is a chance of rain throughout the day. More rain in the morning than in the afternoon, and let's hope it stays that way. The temperature will be around 22 degrees Celsius, while the wind will not be too strong, coming from the northwest.

Start: 4:30 PM (first rider)

Finish: 6:40 PM (last rider)

The exact start times of the various riders will be announced later this week.

Favorites 2024 Olympics time trial men

In every aspect, the 2023 World Time Trial Championship in Stirling, Scotland, was the test event for this Olympic time trial. Not only is this where the tickets for Paris were distributed, but there was also a showdown at the highest level. And that was won by Remco Evenepoel, the Belgian who just finished his first Tour de France in third place.

Evenepoel won on the nearly 48-kilometer course, beating INEOS Grenadiers riders Filippo Ganna (Italy, 12 seconds) and Joshua Tarling (Great Britain, 48 seconds), who complete the three top favorites for gold, silver and bronze. So, that's settled.

Just kidding, of course. For Evenepoel, it is also interesting to consider the 2022 World Time Trial Championship, when he went to Australia as the Vuelta winner. Back then, he did not have a great day in the time trial which was surprisingly won by Norwegian Tobias Foss , but Remco did win the road race a week later. Now, he did not have an ideal preparation due to the Tour, unlike Ganna and Tarling, who have been preparing for this one big day for months.

Among the outsiders, we first look at a compatriot of Evenepoel: Wout van Aert . The Visma | Lease a Bike rider had a seriously disrupted time trial preparation due to his crash in Dwars door Vlaanderen and didn't really manage to put himself in the spotlight in the Tour. But then again, van Aert is still van Aert, and you should never count him out for a big race.

The Americans and Swiss are also ready to step in if one of the top favorites has an off day. When it comes to the stars & stripes, top time trialists Brandon McNulty and Magnus Sheffield are competing, both of whom can come very close to victory on a good day. The same applies to regular time trial competitor Stefan Küng and also Stefan Bissegger, although the latter is having a somewhat lesser year.

The Anglo-Saxon countries are well represented, as Luke Plapp (Australia) and Derek Gee (Canada) are also aiming for top five/ten finishes. Mikkel Bjerg, Mattias Skjelmose (Denmark), Mathias Vacek (Czech Republic), Max Schachmann (Germany), Kévin Vauquelin (France), Alberto Bettiol (Italy) and Daan Hoole (Netherlands) will be satisfied with an Olympic diploma.

Who are the favorites for 2024 Olympics time trial men, according to IDLProCycling.com ?

Top favorite: Joshua Tarling (Great Britain) and Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)

Outsiders: Filippo Ganna (Italy), Magnus Sheffield (United States) and Stefan Küng (Switzerland)

Long shots : Wout van Aert (Belgium), Brandon McNulty (United States), Ethan Hayter (Great Britain), Tobias Foss (Norway), Luke Plapp (Australia) and Derek Gee (Canada)

TV 2024 Olympics time trial men

Saturday's Olympic time trial will, of course, be broadcast through a variety of ways, in conjunction with the women's time trial (which will precede the men's). The NOS (NPO 1 and online), Sporza (VRT 1 and online) and Eurosport (main channel, as well as HBO Max and Discovery+) will all pay due attention to the men's time trial, from the start at 4:30 PM until after the finish at around 7 PM.

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Key facts about Americans and guns

Guns are deeply ingrained in American society and the nation’s political debates.

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, and about a third of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun. At the same time, in response to concerns such as  rising gun death rates  and  mass shootings , the U.S. surgeon general has taken the unprecedented step of declaring gun violence a public health crisis .

Here are some key findings about Americans’ views of gun ownership, gun policy and other subjects, drawn from Pew Research Center surveys. 

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to summarize key facts about Americans’ relationships with guns. We used data from recent Center surveys to provide insights into Americans’ views on gun policy and how those views have changed over time, as well as to examine the proportion of adults who own guns and their reasons for doing so.

The Center survey questions used in this analysis, and more information about the surveys’ methodologies, and can be found at the links in the text.

Measuring gun ownership in the United States comes with unique challenges. Unlike many demographic measures, there is not a definitive data source from the government or elsewhere on how many American adults own guns.

The Pew Research Center survey conducted June 5-11, 2023, on the Center’s American Trends Panel, used two separate questions to measure personal and household ownership. About a third of adults (32%) say they own a gun, while another 10% say they do not personally own a gun but someone else in their household does. These shares have changed little from surveys conducted in  2021  and  2017 . In each of those surveys, 30% reported they owned a gun.

These numbers are largely consistent with  rates of gun ownership reported by Gallup and those reported by  NORC’s General Social Survey .  

The FBI maintains data on background checks on individuals attempting to purchase firearms in the United States. The FBI reported  a surge in background checks  in 2020 and 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic, but FBI statistics show that the number of federal background checks declined in 2022 and 2023. This pattern seems to be continuing so far in 2024. As of June, fewer background checks have been conducted than at the same point in 2023, according to FBI statistics.

About   four-in-ten U.S. adults say they live in a household with a gun, including 32% who say they personally own one,  according to  a Center survey conducted in June 2023 . These numbers are virtually unchanged since the last time we asked this question in 2021.

There are differences in gun ownership rates by political affiliation, gender, community type and other factors.

• Party: 45% of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents say they personally own a gun, compared with 20% of Democrats and Democratic leaners.
• Gender: 40% of men say they own a gun, versus 25% of women.
• Community type: 47% of adults living in rural areas report owning a firearm, as do smaller shares of those who live in suburbs (30%) or urban areas (20%).
• Race and ethnicity: 38% of White Americans own a gun, compared with smaller shares of Black (24%), Hispanic (20%) and Asian (10%) Americans.

Personal protection tops the list of reasons gun owners give for having a firearm.  About seven-in-ten gun owners (72%) say protection is a major reason they own a gun. Considerably smaller shares say that a major reason they own a gun is for hunting (32%), for sport shooting (30%), as part of a gun collection (15%) or for their job (7%). 

Americans’ reasons behind gun ownership have changed only modestly since we fielded a separate survey  about these topics in spring 2017. At that time, 67% of gun owners cited protection as a major reason they had a firearm.

Gun owners tend to have much more positive feelings about having a gun in the house than nonowners who live with them do.  For instance, 71% of gun owners say they enjoy owning a gun – but just 31% of nonowners living in a household with a gun say they enjoy having one in the home. And while 81% of gun owners say owning a gun makes them feel safer, a narrower majority of nonowners in gun households (57%) say the same. Nonowners are also more likely than owners to worry about having a gun at home (27% vs. 12%).

Feelings about gun ownership also differ by political affiliation, even among those who personally own a firearm. Republican gun owners are more likely than Democratic owners to say owning one gives them feelings of safety and enjoyment, while Democratic owners are more likely to say they worry about having a gun in the home.

Non-gun owners are split on whether they see themselves owning a firearm in the future.  About half of Americans who don’t own a gun (52%) say they could never see themselves owning one, while nearly as many (47%) could imagine themselves as gun owners in the future.

Among those who currently do not own a gun, attitudes about owning one in the future differ by party and other factors.

• Party: 61% of Republicans who don’t own a gun say they could see themselves owning one in the future, compared with 40% of Democrats.
• Gender: 56% of men who don’t own a gun say they could see themselves owning one someday; 40% of women nonowners say the same.
• Race and ethnicity: 56% of Black nonowners say they could see themselves owning a gun one day, compared with smaller shares of White (48%), Hispanic (40%) and Asian (38%) nonowners.

A majority of Americans (61%) say it is too easy to legally obtain a gun in this country, according to the June 2023 survey. Far fewer (9%) say it is too hard, while another 30% say it’s about right.

Non-gun owners are nearly twice as likely as gun owners to say it is too easy to legally obtain a gun (73% vs. 38%). Gun owners, in turn, are more than twice as likely as nonowners to say the ease of obtaining a gun is about right (48% vs. 20%).

There are differences by party and community type on this question, too. While 86% of Democrats say it is too easy to obtain a gun legally, far fewer Republicans (34%) say the same. Most urban (72%) and suburban (63%) residents say it’s too easy to legally obtain a gun, but rural residents are more divided: 47% say it is too easy, 41% say it is about right and 11% say it is too hard.

About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) favor stricter gun laws. Another 26% say that U.S. gun laws are about right, while 15% favor less strict gun laws.

There   is broad partisan agreement on some gun policy proposals, but most are politically divisive. Majorities of U.S. adults in both partisan coalitions somewhat or strongly favor two policies that would restrict gun access: preventing those with mental illnesses from purchasing guns (88% of Republicans and 89% of Democrats support this) and increasing the minimum age for buying guns to 21 years old (69% of Republicans, 90% of Democrats). Majorities in both parties also  oppose  allowing people to carry concealed firearms without a permit (60% of Republicans and 91% of Democrats oppose this).

Republicans and Democrats differ on several other proposals. While 85% of Democrats favor banning both assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, majorities of Republicans oppose  these proposals (57% and 54%, respectively).

Most Republicans, on the other hand, support allowing teachers and school officials to carry guns in K-12 schools (74%) and allowing people to carry concealed guns in more places (71%). These proposals are supported by just 27% and 19% of Democrats, respectively.

The public remains closely divided over whether it’s more important to protect gun rights or control gun ownership, according to an April 2024 survey . Overall, 51% of U.S. adults say it’s more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, while a similar share (48%) say controlling gun ownership is more important.

Views have shifted slightly since 2022, when we last asked this question. That year, 47% of adults prioritized protecting Americans’ rights to own guns, while 52% said controlling gun ownership was more important.

Views on this topic differ sharply by party. In the most recent survey, 83% of Republicans say protecting gun rights is more important, while 79% of Democrats prioritize controlling gun ownership.

Americans are slightly more likely to say gun ownership does more to increase safety than to decrease it.  Around half of Americans (52%) say gun ownership does more to increase safety by allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves, while a slightly smaller share (47%) say gun ownership does more to reduce safety by giving too many people access to firearms and increasing misuse. Views were evenly divided (49% vs. 49%) when we last asked in 2023.

Republicans and Democrats differ widely on this question: 81% of Republicans say gun ownership does more to increase safety, while 74% of Democrats say it does more to reduce safety.

Rural and urban Americans also have starkly different views. Among adults who live in rural areas, 64% say gun ownership increases safety, while among those in urban areas, 57% say it  reduces  safety. Those living in the suburbs are about evenly split in their views.

More than half of U.S. adults say an increase in the number of guns in the country is bad for society, according to the April 2024 survey. Some 54% say, generally, this is very or somewhat bad for society. Another 21% say it is very or somewhat good for society, and a quarter say it is neither good nor bad for society.

About half of Americans (49%) see gun violence as a major problem,  according to a May 2024 survey. This is down from 60% in June 2023, but roughly on par with views in previous years. In the more recent survey, 27% say gun violence is a moderately big problem, and about a quarter say it is either a small problem (19%) or not a problem at all (4%).

A majority of public K-12 teachers (59%) say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting ever happening at their school, including 18% who are very or extremely worried, according to a fall 2023 Center survey of teachers . A smaller share of teachers (39%) say they are not too or not at all worried about a shooting occurring at their school.

School shootings are a concern for K-12 parents as well: 32% say they are very or extremely worried about a shooting ever happening at their children’s school, while 37% are somewhat worried, according to  a fall 2022 Center survey of parents with at least one child younger than 18 who is not homeschooled. Another 31% of K-12 parents say they are not too or not at all worried about this.

Note: This is an update of a post originally published on Jan. 5, 2016 .

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Katherine Schaeffer is a research analyst at Pew Research Center .

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Harris rips Trump before fired-up crowd at first rally since launching her presidential campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris held the first rally of her presidential campaign Tuesday in Wisconsin, telling a raucous crowd that Republican rival "Donald Trump wants to take the country backward" and contrasting her record with his.

Referring to her background as a prosecutor, Harris told the crowd of over 3,000 that “I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain.”

"So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type," she said to cheers and chants of "Kamala! Kamala!"

She said her campaign is "focused on the future," while Trump's is "focused on the past." 

Harris’ trip to a suburb outside Milwaukee — the site of last week's Republican National Convention — was her first stop in a battleground state under her presidential campaign. It is her ninth visit to Wisconsin in her vice presidential term and her fifth visit to the state this year, her campaign said in a news release.

Harris said, "The path to the White House goes through Wisconsin," she said, adding, "You helped us win in 2020, and in 2024 we will win again."

She also paid tribute to President Joe Biden and "his continuing service to our nation."

Biden announced he was withdrawing from the race Sunday and endorsed Harris. Democratic lawmakers and other political figures across the country swiftly rallied around her, as well. By Monday, a majority of pledged Democratic convention delegates had endorsed Harris on her first full day as a presidential candidate.

Harris said Tuesday that "we have some work to do" and told the generationally diverse crowd she was eager to get to it. "I pledge to you I will spend the coming weeks to unite our party so we will win in November," she said.  

Wisconsin Democratic officials who joined Harris at the rally at West Allis Central High School included Gov. Tony Evers, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Attorney General Josh Kaul.

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Harris also spoke Monday at an event at the White House , where she discussed not her campaign, but Biden’s leadership.

The newly dubbed Harris campaign said that since Biden announced his exit from the presidential race, it raised $100 million on Sunday and Monday, with 62% of them being first-time donations.

The Harris campaign said it has 48 coordinated offices across 43 counties throughout the state with roughly 160 full-time staffers on the ground who are organizing to build support for Harris and state Democrats ahead of the November election.

Nnamdi Egwuonwu is a 2024 NBC News campaign embed.

Summer Concepcion is a politics reporter for NBC News.