The High Road Demographics poll

Hmm interesting.....

By adding up the race categories I see roughly 219 votes.
147 men
4 women

Does this mean we have an extraordinary high number of "other gendered" people here?

White, Male 31



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We all Bleed the Same Color.
HKUSP40

Well, we have some stats to work with it seems.

Now, try and factor in the already stated stats that show that white males are the majority of WWW surfers. You could probably figure out, roughly, how many non-white non-male people WOULD have answered the poll with a little bit of work and fuzzy logic.

I was surprised to see education level not mentioned on the poll. I certainly don't think that actually matters when dealing with people one on one, but it would probably help to show a relation between firearms enthisiasts and higher education.

Now, take all this data and go find the corresponding data from the FBI that'll show you what social groups are least likely to commit violent firearms related crime.

Throw away "elderly asian women" as they're probably in the top spot.

What you'll probably find is that the very same demographic (us) that eats sleeps and drinks firearms and owns a plethora of them is the least likely group to commit a violent crime with a firearm. Kinda wonky, isn't it? Assuming my guess is true. We've got the majority of the guns and ammo in the country but we're the least likely to commit crime with them. How disturbing to the VCP.

WARNING: I'm going to get offesensive here with arguments I do not agree with.

Armed with such stats you could probably show:

- Minorities (blacks and Mexicans) show a low interest in legal RKBA with an out of proportion link to violent firearm related crimes.

I'd really like to sit down for a few weeks and assemble some really hard numbers on the subject to be honest. Not because I think only rich white men with a college education should own firearms -- but because it's be a horribly fun path to take the anti's down.

- ID a group with a low RKBA interest
- ID a group with high violent firearm related incidents
- Get the anti to subscribe to your "thinking"
- Watch them crap themselves when you tell them your "logic" calls for the removal of RKBA from blacks or some other group.

Their liberal everybody-needs-a-hug head would friggen explode.

Please don't take such comments as being racially motivated. If you can prove without a doubt that it's entirely impossible to show the above situation to be patently false please do -- I'd honestly love to see them. However, everything I've seen says that such a case could be made.

Apache.
Japanese.
Nordic.
28.
Married.
Male.
One daughter(born 4/16/04! )

Very interesting but what does it mean? Are we really a neat little category? I don't think so!

Man 191 25.57%
Woman 5 0.67%

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Ouch. Talk about a sausage fest

I think polls like this are interesting.
I would have like to see it expanded into states/countries and to see who does and doesn't have carry permits and/or multiple permits.


The numbers will never reflect the real world because THR is not the real world.
There are many women who carry and are involved in RKBA. But many of them just don't have either the time or inclination to come here.
There are many more minorities involved in the real world also that just don't make it here. Or just haven't made it here yet.

One of the many things I like and admire about THR is the fact that all people are welcomed. I know that I am only one of many who has chatted with and been involved with spitited discussions with people I know nothing about. I was surprised to find out that Pax and M58 were women.
(I hope I didn't spoil that for those who didn't yet know.)

I must also admit that I was pleased to make those discoveries. But if they hadn't obviously revealed that fact I would have never known. I have also been pleasantly surprised to find that several of our more learned and active members are so young.

I consider THR to be, at least in spirit, the epitome of what used to be called a "think tank". It is wonderful that we now live in a world where the thoughts and questions as well as the knowledge of the "average" person can be so far reaching and easily accessible.

It is good to have diversity. I only hope that as THR grows so will our demographics.
The synergy here is amazing. THR is a prime example of the sum being greater than it's parts.

fjolnirsson,

congradulations on the baby girl

Hmmmm....

This morning (6:00CST on Monday the 19th) the total vote count is 254. But, the racial catagories add up to 290.

There's a catagory for multi-racial, so there shouldn't be multiple answers in this section, but I guess there were those who chose to do so anyway.

stellarpod

50+ Male WASP*

W hite
A nglo-
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P rotestant

White, male, Christian, conservative, 57, heterosexual, and I carry a gun.

Male, 29, hispano, married, ccw

20 year old White Male (actually a Heinz 57 of white descent: Swiss, English, Swedish, Scottish, and probably German).

Wes

What the hell difference does race make? Why is it always asked for?

Pigeon holing people into racial groups is a small part of why there is racism.

We're all just people. When ever I have to answer the race question I check other and write in Human Being. Got a visit from the census pukes during the last one about that. I told 'em to put me in jail if it was that big of a deal to 'em. The feds seem to have figured it wasn't worth the effort or more likely the census puke filled in the info herself after she saw me.

WE'RE PEOPLE FOR KRIIIIIST'S SAKE! AND THE SOONER WE START THINKING OF OURSELVES THAT WAY AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THAT THE SOONER RACE WILL STOP BEING AN ISSUE!

50 something white male retired military/military consultant.

Looks like I'm in the majority in all catagories. 26yrs old and I carry.

24, white male and I carry

HOW DARE YOU SAY "WHITE" OR "BLACK"?!?

THAT'S "CAUCASIAN" AND "COLORED", YOU UNCOUTH BRUTES!!!

John Forbes Kerry will teach y'all a darn good lesson about political correctness!!! Just wait and see!



By the way: I'm 39, white, male

Age: 16
Ethinicity: Black/African American
Occupation: Honor Roll Student

I cannot wait until I am old enough to purchase my own guns. The parental units think that my gun hobby is too "costly." Oh, well...I am still a better shot than most people that I shoot with, and I hope to one day participate regularly in competition shooting

Male,46 years of age,Instructor,rifle,pistol,shotgun,Range safety officer,IDPA shooter,RKBA activist by way of the Maryland General Assembly Looking to get into 3 gun shooting, And to quote Condi Rice,"a second amendment absalutist"
Oh yeah, I just happen to be black.

.... ..Fourty-seven tmes `round the sun man...
....sorta light skinned in winter,now changing to the reddish tan color, so that might make me ..umm..other/alien.. ..doesn`t matter.
......

Does anyone else find it disconcerting that as of right now, 484 of voters are one of the ethnic groups but only 347 voters are either a man or a woman and 459 of voters are some age...

Uh... I'm not quite sure how that works out since as of this minute, only 458 people have voted.

Demographics

Mid 50's, ex-military, ex-married, 3 beautiful children, white, Central European ancestry, oldest of 5 children of a WW2 vet (+), pistol permit in CT in June '02.

Didn't subscribe to the 60-70's Hippie philosophy then, nauseated by the growth of Liberalism now. As I have often told my kids, have always been a counter-culture maverick and proud of it ... my definition of "doin' my own thing".

Single white male, Veteran, 46 years of age, and I carry a gun, daily!!