Nuke this poll for us Ohioans

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Anybody else read "The Bias Against Guns"?

That poll doesn't take into account those who believe that crime will go DOWN in Ohio. Statistically speaking, the results of the poll will say that people think that crime will at least go up a little, even if only a few say yes and everyone else says no.

:fire:

I put "no" in for you, Black.
 
So, let's see, given the way they worded the poll, and the current results (31%yes, 69%no), their story would say something like "Nearly 1 in 3 Ohioans think the new law will increase crime."

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Nuked. 69-31.

As many have stated, the poll is biased by with the "anchoring" method. As John Lott said...
I reviewed 17 national and seven state surveys and found that all asked only whether gun control laws reduce crime; not one offered respondents a chance to consider whether gun control might increase crime. This notion apparently never entered the pollsters' minds.

The omission in such polls of a "would increase crime" option creates a bias in two different ways. First, there is an "anchoring" effect. We know that the range of options people are offered in a poll affects how they answer, because many respondents instinctively choose the "middle ground." By only providing the choices that gun control reduces crime somewhere between "a lot" to "not at all," the middle ground becomes "a little."

Second, when the possibility that gun control could cause crime is removed from polls, this affects the terms of national debate. When people who hold this view never even hear their opinions mentioned in polls and news stories, they begin to think no one else shares their view. Repeated surveys that imply gun control either makes society better or has no impact gradually acculturate Americans to accepting the view that is constantly presented.
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http://www.wmsa.net/people/john_lott/030822_bias_star.htm
 
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Do you think crime will go up in Ohio now that it will be legal to carry a concealed weapon?
Choice Votes Percentage of 2446 Votes
Yes 754 31%
No 1692 69%
 
I wonder if they're not happy with the result they're getting. I cannot get the page to load........

No, they wouldn't do that, would they????

Edit: Sorry, just appeared. Still overwhelmingly 'NO'.
 
Sent my nuke!
Those wanting more info on the ohio carry laws should go to the attorney general's website: www.ag.state.oh.us

I had to do a search for the info, but it's there. Something like 32 pages worth!
Time to start trying to amend some of the garbage in it already.
 
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Referring to the poll, of course.
 
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