Which of the following is surrounded by the most gun-related myths?

Wha... what?

I don't see any gun related myths...

Cooldill said:

Wha... what?

I don't see any gun related myths...

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The poll isn't supposed to contain any specific myths. Read the title. Which of those topics is surrounded by the most gun related myths.

For example, I voted for the home defense handgun/shotgun/rifle choice. There are multiple myths surrounding that, such as:

Some people say a rifle...any rifle even 5.56/.223...is a poor choice because of "overpenetration" so you should use a shotgun with buckshot or a handgun. That's a myth.

People also say that a pump shotgun is best for a novice or inexperienced shooter because it is more reliable. That is a myth (short stroking among other things)

People say a carbine is a poor choice because it is too long, meanwhile the people they are often asking about have little to no training or experience with handguns and aren't going to be shooting and hitting reliably from a position of retention, making the 'carbine is too long' thing a myth (shooting position with handgun out sticks out just as far in front of you)

People say it is a bad idea to have a sling on an HD long gun because "you'll get hung up/snag". But if you ask them what they got snagged on doing dry runs in their house you get *crickets*, and if you look at military who clear rooms/buildings or you look at SWAT teams what do you almost always see? Slings. If you go to a 'tactical' class, what do you see used and recommended and taught? Slings.

And I could go on.

An interesting, variable poll. I voted shotgun in choose #2. Remington 870 HD.Can 1 million cops be wrong?

Red Wind said:

An interesting, variable poll. I voted shotgun in choose #2. Remington 870 HD.Can 1 million cops be wrong?

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Of course the government/police cannot be wrong, especially when it comes to guns.

There are so many myths covered in this poll I don't see how it can be of any real use. Nearly all of the choices have myths surrounding them. This is like the nuclear bomb of flame threads potentially. We could see every argument in the whole gun culture come up here.

Cee Zee said:

There are so many myths covered in this poll I don't see how it can be of any real use. Nearly all of the choices have myths surrounding them. This is like the nuclear bomb of flame threads potentially. We could see every argument in the whole gun culture come up here.

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Which ones have the most myths surrounding them?

Warp said:

Of course the government/police cannot be wrong, especially when it comes to guns.

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We did add the smiley, Warp. And I forgot to add, 00 Buck is my choice at close quarters.

Relax! We are on the same side.

My apologies, for some reason my computer wasn't showing the poll!

I chose "Which is the best handgun defense round?" followed closely by "What's the overall best: 1911 or Polymer?".

What does the "less filling or tastes great" option allude to?

What does the "less filling or tastes great" option allude to?

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An add campaign for beer that was evidently before your time.

Who cares?

Waste of bandwdith.

I voted 1911 vs polymer, only because tastes great or less filling isnt gun relate.

Seems like many of the things referred to as myths in this thread would be more accurately described as differences of opinion. A myth occurs when a factual answer clashes with an incorrect answer.

No amount of discussion on "What's the best anything?" could ever result in a myth, not only because the answers are opinions, but because best is both subjective and subject to various conditions.

I think what you were looking for is, which of these topics have such widely varied answers due to widespread myth OR outright lack of knowledge.

I.guess it's an interesting social experiment to see what topics are most often associated with misunderstandings or misinformation, but really, that's all you'll get out of this:

How much do we think we know about what people don't know?

Well... this poll will give us an idea about the answer to that question, but it definitely doesn't answer it. Polls in general are plagued with bias and misrepresentation anyway.

I think that's what orionengnr was getting at.

I was too lazy to push all the buttons listed but IMHO you should have had a "all the above" choice as well. Most of those tend to be hot topics every time somebody asks about them.

The one that comes to mind the most to me is "What's the best handgun defense round", usually followed by the ubiquitous "9mm. versus .45 ACP "debate.