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AZ: Poll Favors Reforming Gun Laws
Gun Watch ^ | 18 April, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 04/17/2014 5:21:50 PM PDT by marktwain



A story in the Arizona Daily Star about an anti-second amendment group included a poll on whether gun laws needed to be stronger, changed a little, kept the same, or reduced.  From the Star:


Do you think we need more laws placing restrictions on guns?

Yes. We need much stronger laws.

Yes, but only a few common-sense changes.

No. The laws are OK the way they are.

No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated.
What is interesting about this poll is the last choice.   It is almost never given on these old media gun restriction polls.   The times are changing, because it was included on this one.   After only 16 hours, here are the results so far:


5%      Yes. We need much stronger laws.

2%      Yes, but only a few common-sense changes.
 
7%      No. The laws are OK the way they are.

86%    No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated.

I think we are in the middle of a sea change of public opinion.  For the last hundred years, we have been increasing government power and centralizing it in at the federal level.  Perhaps the next hundred will be spent decreasing and decentralizing government power.

 Link to the poll here

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KEYWORDS: az; banglist; freep; freepthispoll; guncontrol; poll
Perhaps the Bundy story has something to do with this poll.
1 posted on 04/17/2014 5:21:50 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain; 2ndDivisionVet; 45semi; A knight without armor; Alexander Rubin; all the best; ...
Read the story and:

FREEP THIS POLL ***PING!*** FRmail me if you want to be added or removed from the Fearless Poll-Freeping Freepers Ping list. (multiple votes using multiple internetz devices are allowed!) And be sure to ping me to any polls that need Freepin', if I miss them. (looks like a medium volume list) (gordongekko909, founder of the pinglist, stays on the list until his ghost signs up for the list)

2 posted on 04/17/2014 5:24:40 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: marktwain

geez, the pic of the anti freedom “women” at the poll site is scary.


3 posted on 04/17/2014 5:26:19 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: marktwain

The graph is misleading. It depicts 4 potential responses instead of 4 questions.


4 posted on 04/17/2014 5:37:26 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: the_Watchman

I understand what you are saying. It depects four questions, when it should depict four responses.

Made in haste, repented at leisure.


5 posted on 04/17/2014 5:40:18 PM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

Too many years of dishing out bull$!t. None of their BS has come to pass and the public just isn’t buying it anymore.


6 posted on 04/17/2014 5:51:04 PM PDT by umgud
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To: dynachrome

Note: most women in AZ are not as ugly as the women in the article accompanying that poll. Really.


7 posted on 04/17/2014 5:59:10 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Hey CNN, where's the wall to wall Bundy Ranch coverage?)
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To: marktwain

Remarkable for Red Star. They were commie when commie wasn’t cool.


8 posted on 04/17/2014 6:24:58 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Luke21

The editor probably thought it was good for a laugh...


9 posted on 04/17/2014 6:26:19 PM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: dynachrome

Was that red headed skank in the back row Cindy the Sheman?


10 posted on 04/17/2014 6:37:58 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: marktwain

Too many laws now up to 88%. In addition to the Bundy event being close to their home, I would suspect that a whole lot of people in Arizona are getting tired of all the illegals flooding their state and want to be able to give the Sheriff a hand if/when necessary.


11 posted on 04/17/2014 6:50:17 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: dynachrome; marktwain
Do you think we need more laws placing restrictions on guns?

Yes. We need much stronger laws.
4 %

Yes, but only a few common-sense changes.
2 %

No. The laws are OK the way they are.
6 %

No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated.
88 %


Total number of votes 950
12 posted on 04/17/2014 7:26:43 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: marktwain
Yes. We need much stronger laws. 4 %

Yes, but only a few common-sense changes. 2 %

No. The laws are OK the way they are. 7 %

No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated. 87 %
13 posted on 04/17/2014 8:22:56 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: marktwain

Do you think we need more laws placing restrictions on guns?

Yes. We need much stronger laws. 4 %
Yes, but only a few common-sense changes. 2 %
No. The laws are OK the way they are. 7 %
No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated. 87 %
Total number of votes 1059


14 posted on 04/17/2014 8:26:20 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: marktwain
86% No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated...oh, that kind of reform....
15 posted on 04/17/2014 9:10:16 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: marktwain

Do you think we need more laws placing restrictions on guns?

Yes. We need much stronger laws. 4 %
Yes, but only a few common-sense changes. 2 %
No. The laws are OK the way they are. 7 %
No. We have too many laws, and most of them should be eliminated. 88 %

Total number of votes 1197


16 posted on 04/18/2014 3:24:49 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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