Hit this MSNBC Poll!

[Prof. A. Wickwire]

Folks.

There is a gun rights article at the following link:

msnbc.msn.com/id/25753541

About two-thirds down the page is a link to a poll.

Get out there and vote!

Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? 26444 responses
Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." 88%
No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense. 12%

How do you feel about gun control? 26507 responses
The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety. 10%
The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security. 66%
Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted. 23%

Do you own a gun? 26174 responses
Yes 73%
No 27%

Sincerely,

Prof. A. Wickwire

 

[TexKettering]

Done and done.

 

[Cesiumsponge]

Thanks for not posting a clickable link.

The exact place to click, if it isn't obvious (it worked out to about 1/2 way down my browser) is:

Click for related content
Court: Constitutional right to own gun
Vote: Your take on gun control? <---- that one

Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 26470 responses
Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
88%

No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense.
12%



How do you feel about gun control? * 26533 responses

The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety.
10%

The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security.
66%

Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted.
23%




Do you own a gun? * 26199 responses
Yes
73%

No
27%

 

[Steve H]

results so far

Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 26490 responses

Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
88%

No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense.
12%

How do you feel about gun control? * 26553 responses

The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety.
10%

The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security.
66%

Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted.
23%

Do you own a gun? * 26219 responses

Yes
73%

No
27%

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

The link is about 1/3rd down, not 2/3rds down. Voted.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Didit.

 

[GBExpat]

Done ... numbers about the same ...

 

[oneshooter]

As of 12:40 PM we seem to be winning.
Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 26549 responses

Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
88%

No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense.
12%

How do you feel about gun control? * 26612 responses

The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety.
10%

The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security.
67%

Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted.
23%

Do you own a gun? * 26277 responses

Yes
73%

No
27%
Not a scientific survey. Click to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding.

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

 

[W.E.G.]

I hitted it.


current results:

 

[rainbowbob]

Thanks for not posting a clickable link.

Thanks for complaining about no clickable link in the OP - and then not bothering to post one yourself.

That's OK...I can cut and past too. Found it - voted. Gun rights supporters are winning by a large margin. I have a sneaking hunch that we're the only ones who care enough to bother to vote on these polls. I guess that in itself says something, though

 

[Joemyxplyx]

Reasonable people are way ahead.

Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 26576 responses
Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." 88%
No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense. 12%

How do you feel about gun control? * 26639 responses
The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety. 10%
The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security. 67%
Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted. 23%

Do you own a gun? * 26304 responses
Yes 73%
No 27%

 

[larry starling]

Done......

 

[rainbowbob]

Do you own a gun? * 26304 responses
Yes 73%
No 27%

26,000 + responses is far more than I would have guessed - that is a pretty large sample size for any poll.

You can see, however, that the majority of people responding are gun owners. I don't know what the numbers of gun owners are in the population - but I don't think they are anywhere near 73%.

So what does this poll tell us? It tells us that gun owners who read gun forums vote in polls about gun rights.

 

[seed]

Quote:
Thanks for not posting a clickable link.

Thanks for complaining about no clickable link in the OP - and then not bothering to post one yourself.

Need I say it?...that not posting a link is deliberate to insure that the results of the poll are not automatically prejudiced by the pollsters who can trace back where the voters originated if they did click on a link... Not posting a link makes you cut and paste the url and leaves the source of the referral anonymous.

So what does this poll tell us? It tells us that gun owners who read gun forums vote in polls about gun rights.

Good point. I actually thought about saying I didn't own, but I was honest instead.

 

[mnrivrat]

Interesting head line leading that article - no bias intended there !

 

[RobMoore]

I believe Cesiumsponge was honestly thanking the OP for not posting a clickable link, like so many make the mistake of.

 

[DFW1911]

"Clickable" link or not , here are the results thus far:

Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 26694 responses
Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
88%
No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense.
12%
How do you feel about gun control? * 26757 responses
The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety.
10%
The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security.
67%
Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted.
23%
Do you own a gun? * 26421 responses
Yes
73%
No
27%

 

[jakk280rem]

Live Vote
Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 26724 responses

Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
88%

No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense.
12%

How do you feel about gun control? * 26787 responses

The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety.
10%

The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security.
67%

Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted.
23%

Do you own a gun? * 26451 responses

Yes
73%

No
27%

 

[Cesiumsponge]

I guess the next dot-com billionaire will be the one that implements net-wide sarcasm/anti-sarcasm flags. Yes, my thanks was in reference to not providing a clickable URL that can be traced back to this forum. It was not sarcasm.

However jakk280rem has posted a direct, clickable link. The subsequent votes can now be directly traced to THR now if people are too lazy to ctrl+c/v, [sarcasm] thanks [/sarcasm]

 

[rainbowbob]

Need I say it?...that not posting a link is deliberate to insure that the results of the poll are not automatically prejudiced by the pollsters who can trace back where the voters originated if they did click on a link... Not posting a link makes you cut and paste the url and leaves the source of the referral anonymous.

Mea culpa...I did not know that...my bad!

Perhaps jakk280rem should go back and edit the link out of his post?

 

[jakk280rem]

better?

 

[neviander]

Done

 

[Jolly Rogers]

Ok...I must be dense but I can get to this page but it won't let me vote...

Live Vote
Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban? * 27284 responses
Yes. The Second Amendment clearly establishes "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."
88%
No. The Second Amendment's wording of the right to bear arms refers to militias, not to individual self-defense.
12%
How do you feel about gun control? * 27346 responses
The regulation of all firearms is necessary to facilitate public safety.
10%
The right to individual gun ownership is necessary to ensure freedom and personal security.
67%
Americans have the right to bear arms, but certain types of guns should be restricted.
23%
Do you own a gun? * 27007 responses
Yes
74%
No
26%
Not a scientific survey. Click to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding.

Any help here??
Joe

 

[Chuhhuniban]

You bet. Done.

 

[Rmart30]

Done and passed the link on to another forum also....