PBS Gun Poll Gets Pummeled

Gun Watch ^ | 18 December, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Internet polls measure the ratio of people who have enough interest to participate in the given poll.  PBS.org has put up an Internet poll with the responses noted above.   You can see that the poll is getting hammered by second amendment supporters.   The message, loud and clear, is that of people who are interested enough to answer the poll, second amendment supporters outnumber disarmists by  24 to 1.   This is one of largest differentials that I have seen in second amendment related Internet polls.  A couple of weeks ago, we had one in Florida that was 15 to 1.  Maybe this is the start of a trend.

A hat tip to David Workman for the link.

Link to the Poll:

Definition of  disarmist 

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[marktwain]

I have not even seen this poll on the bigger gun blogs, so it must be going viral.

[Paladin2]

Should peeps wanted more gun control (by the legal system) be taken out back by Che?

[Paladin2]

Should peeps wanting more gun control (by the legal system) be taken out back by Che?

[M-cubed]

You better get a screen save on that one.....’cause I'll guarantee its headed for the “memory hole”.....in 2 weeks..THAT poll never was taken!

[marktwain]

pill ping

[Billthedrill]

FReeped as requested, sir! BTT

[Taxman]

FReeped!

[expat2]

In MD, when the shooters were attending hearings to try to stop the most-recent big gun-control bill, the same thing. There were about 20:1 against the bill vs those for it — but the People’s-Republic politicians had already made their minds up and passed it anyway.

[maine-iac7]

Nice story to go to bed on - I’m smiling...

Sorry PBS - Pipe. Smoke it.

[Jet Jaguar]

Great.

[Jet Jaguar]

Yes. Increased regulations on firearms are necessary to prevent another tragedy like the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary.

4.03% (4,360 votes)

No. Laws like this unnecessarily punish lawful gun owners and will do little to prevent mass shootings.

94.83% (102,468 votes)

Unsure. It’s important to keep the weapons out of the wrong hands, but this may not be the solution.

1.14% (1,229 votes)

Total Votes: 108,057

[tired&retired]

This comment was posted just below the poll:

KiloJuliet • 3 minutes ago

As a liberal I say hunting guns are OK and only military like weapons should be banned. Well except the hunting like guns the military uses, they should be banned too. What I really mean is all guns should be banned but I support the 2nd Amendment.

[Jet Jaguar]

Classic. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[tired&retired]

Another excellent comment:

Ignorance drives more ignorance. This is why they call it a gun problem when in fact it is a mental health issue. I hope that one day, we will couple the passion and emotion with facts to finally achieve a solution.

[tired&retired]

Classic. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

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No wonder all the crazy cat ladies are liberals!!!

[SatinDoll]

I’ve had as many as 30 cats over the past 15 years. I am pro-2nd Amendment.

Cat lovers admire independence. It is dog lovers who prefer the slavish attention of dogs.

[dynachrome]

thanks to MarkTwain for the ping!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/poll-support-connecticut-gun-law-state/

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)

[left that other site]

LOL...I just voted, but I don’t think mine made any difference at this point! hahahahahahahahaha

[FreeAtlanta]