MI Poll: How do you feel about your Realtor carrying a gun?

Gun Watch ^ | 8 November, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

MI Realtor with CCW permit

Michigan Poll:  Would you be more comfortable shopping for a home if you knew your Realtor was carrying a gun?

Note the tortured structure of this poll.  Not "Would it bother you if your Realtor carried a gun?  Not  "Do you think Realtors should be able to carry guns?"

I think the clearest question would be "Would you prefer that your Realtor  be unarmed?"

But the question is what it is.   The results so far are as follows:

Would you be more comfortable shopping for a home if you knew your Realtor was carrying a gun?

yes     61.53%  (411 votes)

No     38.4%    (257 votes)

The Link for the poll is here

On line  polls  measure the ratio of those who are interested enough to answer an online poll. The results are a little low.  Second Amendment supporters typically outnumber those who push for more restrictions by 3-10 to 1. In this case it is not yet 2-1 ratio. This poll is asking an essentially emotional question designed to delegitimize self defense. Those who want more restrictions on guns must delegitimize self defense, or they lose.  Even with the emotional trigger in place, the poll is almost 2-1 ratio in favor of second amendment supporters.

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[dogcaller]

What is the reason for this poll? Has there been a rash of realtors shooting their clients...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Fine by me since we always carry one.

[faithhopecharity]

It’s not just tricky wording. The answers list NO as first , before yes. Have never seen that switcheroo before.

[B4Ranch]

>>I think all citizens who pass govt. scrutiny should be able to carry Guns.<<

You need to read the friggin Constitution! There is nothing there about guns and passing govt. scrutiny. Read it all and tell me where it says anything about bowing down to get a permit.

You law abiding freaks piss me off.

[marktwain]

The first answer has a statistical advantage.

[faithhopecharity]

Yes Indeed the first answer option has a statistical advantage. Yes

[Redcitizen]

Yes 70.11% (624 votes)

No 29.89% (266 votes)

Total Votes: 890

[AZ .44 MAG]

Might as well pad the results.

[dynachrome]

Thanks to AZ.44mag for the ping! (certainly would feel safer if I were shopping for a house in Detroit and the realtor was carrying!)

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)

Direct link to the poll:

http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/11/poll_would_it_make_you_feel_un.html#incart_river

[EXCH54FE]

Yes 70.79% (647 votes)

No 29.21% (267 votes)

Total Votes: 914

[Tigercap]

Yes 71.14% (658 votes)

No 28.86% (267 votes)

Total Votes: 925

[gunsequalfreedom]

Voted. Yes wins.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Why don't governments have to pass scrutiny to carry guns?

I certainly don't trust the one we have now.

[Bon of Babble]

I have no problem with realtors carrying heat - but if I were viewing a home and the realtor had a gun, well, that would tell ME something about the neighborhood and surrounding area.

Yes 71.62% (684 votes)

No 28.38% (271 votes)

Total Votes: 955

[Cheerio]

Yes 71.65% (685 votes)

No 28.35% (271 votes)

Total Votes: 956

[TheOldLady]

Ditto.

[chatham]

The Constitution may be on the side of all citizens to carry guns. In New York State unless you have a CC Permit you can’t even buy a gun. With a Permit even when you buy a pistol It will not be delivered to you without some Judge signing off on it.
Even with a State Permit, if you were caught with a pistol In NYC with a State Permit they would arrest You.
I meant every Citizen has the right and should be able to carry a pistol, excluding Felons.
I have carried a pistol in Three different since 1970.
Better to be pissed off, than Pissed on.

[Fightin Whitey]

This is your .44
This is your gun
Show to your realtor
Get ready for fun

[B4Ranch]

When I joined the Navy in ‘64, Uncle Sam taught me that my self defense rested on my shoulders. Since that time I have carried a firearm everywhere I went without once asking any elected official if I had his or her permission to do so. I have had to show that I was armed a few times to maintain civility with local thugs. They understood that their death was assured if they persisted.

Carrying concealed is the one and only law that I intentionally break every time I leave my home. I’ll be damned if I will beg anyone’s permission to defend myself or my family from harm. I don’t buy firearms from retail dealers because it is none of anyone’s business if I own a .44 magnum, a .22 derringer, a 30-06, a 20 gauge shotgun, a .50 BMG.or all of them. I am not worried about being arrested because I don’t display a hostile attitude towards others or deal in criminal activity. I don’t bow to idiotic laws or foolish rules nor do I ever intend on doing so. They can pass all of them they want but it will not change my behavior.

[absolootezer0]

where’s a ballet dancer going to put it?