MI:Online Poll: Should Concealed Pistol Permit Holders Carry Guns in Schools?

Gun Watch ^ | 30 May, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

A poll in a Michigan newspaper is asking the following question: Should concealed pistol permit holders carry guns into schools?

The responses allowed are:

Yes

No

Don't know

Don't care 
 

So far the results are overwhelmingly in favor of allowing permit holders to carry in schools:

Yes   79.36%    (1488 votes)

No    19.95%   (374 votes)

Don't Know  .32%  (6 votes)

Don't Care   .37%  (7 votes)

This is typical of online polls involving Second Amendment supporters. It measures the ratio of those who are interested enough to answer an online poll. The results fit comfortably in the range expected, with Second Amendment supporters outnumbering those who push for more restrictions by 3-10 to 1. In this case it is a comfortable 4-1 ratio.  What is interesting in this poll is that it includes the potentialy emotional trigger of guns in schools.  Those who want more restrictions on guns have attempted to set up a taboo: no guns in schools.  In fact guns have been commonly associated with schools up until the Bush and Clinton gun bans in and around schools in the 1990's.   Even with the emotional trigger in place, we still get a 4-1 ratio in favor of second amendment supporters.

Here is the link to the poll at the record-eagle.com.

Second Amendment supporters are typically better informed and more involved than those who wish for more restrictions on citizens access to firearms.


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[Jack Hydrazine]

Paging dynachrome!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Yes 79.45% (1,496 votes)

No 19.86% (374 votes)

Don’t know 0.32% (6 votes)

Don’t care 0.37% (7 votes)

Total Votes: 1,883

[stevio]

Bump

[cripplecreek]

Michigan Gun Poll



Michigan legislative action thread

[dynachrome]

Thanks to Jack Hydrazine for the heads up!

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)

[cripplecreek]

We could bring guns to school during hunting season when I was in high school in the 80s. They had to stay in our car if we drove or they had to go in the principal’s office if a parent brought us. (they didn’t allow them on the bus)

[SkyDancer]

Great grandad took his .22 on the bus to school on practice days. Held it between his legs. No biggie.

[Bon of Babble]

Well, I’ve known of plenty of kid who have brought guns to school so if THEY can, then the teachers should be able to as well!!

Yes 79.76% (1,525 votes)

No 19.56% (374 votes)

Don’t know 0.31% (6 votes)

Don’t care 0% (7 votes)

Total Votes: 1,912

[Bon of Babble]

A school DH worked at a few years ago still had an indoor GUN RANGE in the basement of the gym — for the students who used to participate in high school shooting competitions.

[Migraine]

Yeah. Conceal’em, carry’em; and don’t tell’em. When the time comes, you’ll know what to do, and be equipped to do it. This is not a policy matter at all. Policy can’t handle the truth.

[5th MEB]

The entire Brigade or just a single Bolo?

[Cheerio]

Yes 79.86% (1,535 votes)
No 19.46% (374 votes)
Don't know 0.31% (6 votes)
Don't care 0.36% (7 votes)

Total Votes: 1,922

Don't care makes sense but why in the world anyone goes to a poll and responds with "Don't know" is just a symptom on what is wrong with American society. Every watch these people when they are in front of you in a buffet line?

[itzmygun]

[lcms rev]

In Kansas, firearms are not permitted in schools. However, Kansas law makes a number of exceptions, including one for Concealed Handgun License holders (provided that the school is not lawfully posted as a “Victim Disarmament Zone”). Unfortunately, Kansas law does not make an exception for discharging a firearm on school grounds in legal self-defense.

So in other words, we can have our gun on school grounds; we just can’t shoot our gun on school grounds if someone is trying to kill us (or the kids).

[House Atreides]

Thank you for voting!
Yes 80.25% (1,572 votes)

No 19.09% (374 votes)

Don’t know 0.31% (6 votes)

Don’t care 0% (7 votes)

Total Votes: 1,959

[trebb]

Yes - 80.44%

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Yes 80.58% (1,606 votes)
No 18.77% (374 votes)
Don't know 0.3% (6 votes)
Don't care 0.35% (7 votes)
Total Votes: 1,993

[EXCH54FE]

Yes 80.56% (1,616 votes)

No 18.79% (377 votes)

Don’t know 0.3% (6 votes)

Don’t care 0.35% (7 votes)

Total Votes: 2,006

[metmom]

Thank you for voting!

Yes....80.61%...(1,621 votes)

No..... 18.75%.... (377 votes)

Don’t know... 0.3% .... (6 votes)

Don’t care ... 0%... (7 votes)

Total Votes: 2,011