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NJ Poll: Should people in New Jersey Have the Right to be Armed in Public?
Gun Watch ^ | 8 May, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 05/07/2014 5:12:17 PM PDT by marktwain



Nj.com is running a poll.   As with most polls concerning Second Amendment supporters, it is running strongly in favor of the right to be armed.   What is a little unusual about this poll is that it direct connect the recent Supreme Court decision not to hear the Drake case from New Jersey that was all about being able to carry a weapon outside of the home.  What is nasty about the New Jersey decision is  U.S. District Judge William Walls simply claiming that:

"The risks associated with a judicial error in discouraging regulation of firearms carried in public are too great," Walls concluded.
without any evidence that it is so.  In the 40+ states that have shall issue permits, there is no evidence to support what he says, and considerable evidence to conclude otherwise.   Here is the question on the poll and the responses:

 Should N.J. gun owners be allowed to carry in public without having to show urgent need?

Yes.                      82.06%    4,168

No.                      17.44%       886

I don't know.           .49%         25

 Here is the link to the poll.

One of the commenters at the article makes an interesting point.  They say that NJ.com has run this poll before, and always comes up with over 80% in favor of Second Amendment rights.    It falls in the range of what is commonly seen.    Of those who care enough to answer an online poll,  Second Amendment supporters are between three and ten times as numerous as Second Amendment detractors.

 ©2014 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included.  Link to Gun Watch


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; newjersey; poll
It is good to let the opposition know that they are outnumbered.
1 posted on 05/07/2014 5:12:17 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Ya gotta just love those 25 blithering idiots who found the time to check, “I Don’t Know”. LOL! “Moderates” I guess.


2 posted on 05/07/2014 5:19:14 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: marktwain

Citizens!! We “have the right to BEAR arms”!! not only own them!! Absolute personal right in Article 2 of our beloved Constitution.This IS addressed in the Supreme Court Cases. !!


3 posted on 05/07/2014 5:21:25 PM PDT by SADMILLIE
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Ya gotta just love those 25 blithering idiots who found the time to check, “I Don’t Know”.

I think 0.5% of the people would just "Not Know" in any pole.

Should widows and orphans starve in the streets?

"I don't know." 0.5%

4 posted on 05/07/2014 5:28:45 PM PDT by super7man
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To: marktwain
There are a lot of armchair trolls who are opposed to 2nd amendment rights ..
but the people who walk the streets are fed up with violence , and the threat of violence.
I only go to New Jersey by mistake , or under threat of divorce or dismemberment.
5 posted on 05/07/2014 5:32:23 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Political Correctness is Tyranny .. with manners ! Charlton Heston)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

dismemberment, yes. divorce,.....no.


6 posted on 05/07/2014 5:43:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marktwain

Thank you for voting!
Yes. 83.1% (4,769 votes)

No. 16.43% (943 votes)

I don’t know. 0.47% (27 votes)

Total Votes: 5,739


7 posted on 05/07/2014 6:22:43 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: marktwain; 2ndDivisionVet; 45semi; A knight without armor; Alexander Rubin; all the best; ...

(link to poll: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/poll_should_nj_gun_owners_be_allowed_to_carry_in_public_without_having_to_show_urgent_need.html)

Read the story and:

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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)


8 posted on 05/07/2014 6:23:22 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: marktwain

Yes. 83.17% (4,857 votes)

No. 16.37% (956 votes)

I don’t know. 0.46% (27 votes)

Total Votes: 5,840


9 posted on 05/07/2014 6:36:22 PM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: marktwain
Yes. 83.15% (4,862 votes)

No. 16.38% (958 votes)

I don't know. 0.46% (27 votes)

Total Votes: 5,847

10 posted on 05/07/2014 6:38:11 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: dynachrome

Thank you for voting!

Yes. 83.2% (4,883 votes)

No. 16.34% (959 votes)

I don’t know. 0.46% (27 votes)

Total Votes: 5,869


11 posted on 05/07/2014 6:40:44 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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To: marktwain
Yes. 83.22% (4,896 votes)

No. 16.32% (960 votes)
I don't know. 0.46% (27 votes)

Total Votes: 5,883

There you have it again - "I don't have a clue but I will vote = 27"
12 posted on 05/07/2014 6:42:21 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: marktwain

Not going according to the poll maker plan, for sure.


13 posted on 05/07/2014 6:51:18 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: dynachrome

Done. Thanks for posting.


14 posted on 05/07/2014 6:56:32 PM PDT by all the best (sat`~!)
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To: marktwain

Voted. Poll is still up - sometimes these types of polls aren’t up for very long if the voting doesn’t go the way the msm outlet wants it to.

Yes. 83.63% (5,217 votes)

No. 15.92% (993 votes)

I don’t know. 0.45% (28 votes)
Total Votes: 6,238


15 posted on 05/07/2014 8:31:04 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (The dogs bark; the caravan moves on!)
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To: marktwain

Yes. 84.43% (5,747 votes)

No. 15.13% (1,030 votes)

I don’t know. 0.44% (30 votes)

Total Votes: 6,807


16 posted on 05/08/2014 4:31:50 AM PDT by Tigercap
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To: marktwain

Some of the hoplophobes’ comments on the forum there are the same ol’ set of talking points about the “wild west”, shootouts over parking spaces and all the other usual lies. I tried to comment but you have to go through FB, Twitter (what could be more GHEY than tweeting on Twitter?) or a couple of other such, or register with them. I started to register, but they informed me that my user name was taken. So I tried to log in, but apparently they can’t find my password, or someone else has appropriated JimRed there.


17 posted on 05/08/2014 9:42:28 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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