Just read an interesting Harris Poll on guns - which contained some surprising results and some not so surprising results.
You should be able to find it here:
http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=106072
What I found most interesting was that more people supported open carry than supported concealed carry - 50 percent supported open carry and 45 percent concealed carry. Also pleased to see that so many supported the bearing of arms, higher percentages than I would have thought.
Also interesting that only 17 percent or less than one in five report owning semi-automatics - would think that would be higher given that they have been around almost a century now and the high percentage of handgun owners now - with most new handguns being semi-automatic and with sales showing more semi-automatic handguns being sold than revolvers and with AR type rifles selling better now than any other model - makes me wonder if a sizable percentage of even gun owners don't know what a semi-automatic is - is the term being confused with fully automatic?
The sad part of the poll is the vast majorities that support banning individuals on the terrorist watch list from buying guns - 92 and 87 percent - one hopes these percentages will drop significantly with education.
The number of households that own guns is probably off the mark - 32 percent said yes - 56 percent said no - and 11 percent declined to answer. My belief is that given the number of gun owners who will not openly acknowledge gun ownership - that a sizable percentage of the no answers and an even greater number of the declined to answer respondents do own guns - meaning probably more than half of households do have guns.
Lastly I found the findings on the whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to be disingenous - they state that 43 percent believe that it supports an individual right vs 13 percent who believe that it supports a states right to form a militia - but 31 percent believe that it protects both - which in actuallity means that 74 percent believe that it does support an individual right.
You should be able to find it here:
http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=106072
What I found most interesting was that more people supported open carry than supported concealed carry - 50 percent supported open carry and 45 percent concealed carry. Also pleased to see that so many supported the bearing of arms, higher percentages than I would have thought.
Also interesting that only 17 percent or less than one in five report owning semi-automatics - would think that would be higher given that they have been around almost a century now and the high percentage of handgun owners now - with most new handguns being semi-automatic and with sales showing more semi-automatic handguns being sold than revolvers and with AR type rifles selling better now than any other model - makes me wonder if a sizable percentage of even gun owners don't know what a semi-automatic is - is the term being confused with fully automatic?
The sad part of the poll is the vast majorities that support banning individuals on the terrorist watch list from buying guns - 92 and 87 percent - one hopes these percentages will drop significantly with education.
The number of households that own guns is probably off the mark - 32 percent said yes - 56 percent said no - and 11 percent declined to answer. My belief is that given the number of gun owners who will not openly acknowledge gun ownership - that a sizable percentage of the no answers and an even greater number of the declined to answer respondents do own guns - meaning probably more than half of households do have guns.
Lastly I found the findings on the whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to be disingenous - they state that 43 percent believe that it supports an individual right vs 13 percent who believe that it supports a states right to form a militia - but 31 percent believe that it protects both - which in actuallity means that 74 percent believe that it does support an individual right.