Posted on 06/30/2016 6:01:23 AM PDT by Haiku Guy
The percent of American households owning guns is at a near-40 year low in the latest CBS News poll released this month.
According to the survey, which was conducted among 1,001 Americans in the aftermath of the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting, 36 percent of U.S. adults either own a firearm personally, or live with someone who does. That’s the lowest rate of gun ownership in the CBS poll going back to 1978. It’s down 17 points from the highest recorded rate in 1994, and nearly 10 percentage points from 2012.
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(Excerpt) Read more at pressherald.com ...
What is in decline is poll participants responding truthfully, if at all.
When the question of whether or not the respondent has a gun in the home is asked, is “NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS” marked down as a YES, NO, or N/A?
Such baloney. But, what do you expect? Look at the source of the article. Portland Press....nuff said.
Yes in a convent in some small Austrian village, maybe; but if you are trying to say this about American get lost and wait until school opens so you can try to convince kindergarten kids.
Like anyone with a micron of intelligence would tell a random stranger (polling co.) that they own a firearm....
translation: The population of ex-felons and immigrants here who can’t legally own guns is at an all-time high.
It certainly is inconsistent with data on firearms sales and requests for background checks. Is it possible that the respondents *lied* to the pollsters?
It certainly is inconsistent with data on firearms sales and requests for background checks. Is it possible that the respondents *lied* to the pollsters?
This statistic advances the narrative that the gun controllers are winning, so it will not be examined closely.
Sorry, but that's B.S. The poll was wrong in 2012, or is wrong today or both, but there is no way there is that dramatic a shift in four years.
In other news, boating accidents up 30%.
The poll is invalid.
If someone called me for a poll, my answer would be “Nunyas”.
I doubt I am the only person.
Fear of what the government is doing could definitely skew this kind of poll.
Must be all those people who have lost their guns in boating accidents.
I wouldn't tell the truth about my gun ownership to my WIFE, much less some stupid pollsters.
There. Fixed it.
Of course, the PPH is thrilled to print it to amplify the message.
wink, wink, nudge, nudge
Hmmm. Maybe individuals becoming first time owners is down. But I find that hard to believe since, apparently, there are 52,000 guns sold daily since the lyin’ king’s immaculation. I may or may not have picked up a couple of new ones during that time period but not that dang many.
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