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[RapidFireBeak]

Notice how they don't look at actual crime rates, just crime rates with guns. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that limiting access to an object will make that object less likely to be used in a crime.

You are completely correct. They fail to evaluate whether or not the homicide/violent assault rate in any of those nations was altered by passing greater restrictions on weapons.

They also totally fail to account for peaceful, nonviolent areas where weapons are common and restrictions are loose (Vermont, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, New Hampshire, Maine), all of which have murder rates that are fractions of the national average and are comparable to West/Central Europe (1.5/100k aggregate.) And they fail to take into account the concentrated nature of violence in this country (young black males in inner cities.) Notice the safest areas of the country have lower populations and fewer big cities.

How do they account for the high murder rates in countries with strict gun control laws (Latin American nations, Jamaica, etc?)

 

[swiftak]

I just voted. 83-17. They've got to be regretting this poll.

 

[skeet king]

Done now 85 yes 15 no

 

[Suicide*Ride]

86% yes

14% no

I voted yes, of course

"We have the equivalent of a Virginia Tech massacre every day in this country. It's just not all in one place,"

"Had the gun not been in their hands, no one would have died."

Had the gun not been in their hands, they would've used something else to kill with!! :banghead:

I'm beginning to think that all Anti's in the media have a PhD in rocket science!!

SR

 

[alistaire]

87% Yes
13$ No

I notice they don't tell you how amny people voted.

 

[GBExpat]

... They've got to be regretting this poll.

Perhaps so ... the Vote button no longer works ... at least, not when I just went there.

 

[Doggy Daddy]

81-19, but I was unable to vote

running Internet Explorer 8? Click the compatability view button (should be right next to the refresh button). That worked for me.

DD

 

[Gardien]

Just voted. 88-12.

 

[Mooseman]

voted yes of course

 

[KingYaba]

You know, there's a Firefox addon one can use to spike polls if he or she so desires. But that's dishonest and I doubt anyone in the "pro gun" camp would do such a thing.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

88% yes so far!

 

[Spot]

Likewise voted "Yes."

 

[Spot]

Meant to add; "Article sent on to other family members."

 

[raskolnikov_22]

Somehow these results will either be left out or declared "unreliable," or "unscientific."

Or the media Illuminati will just attribute them to the irrational mob.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I voted "Yes".

Anyone feel sorry for the model shooting a semi-auto with such a low cut dress? It's an invitation to some unwanted "Hot times in the old town tonight" dancing.

Woody

 

[Steve H]

89 - 11 now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NCSteveH]

89-11 now, anyone want to take bets that this poll never sees the light of day in newsprint! Anyone?

 

[scneck]

89-11 and no, you will never see this poll again.

 

[Gamera]

Done.

 

[forty5]

Done

 

[tuckerdog1]

Done. Still 89-11

 

[mercedesrules]

"Anyone feel sorry for the model shooting a semi-auto with such a low cut dress? It's an invitation to some unwanted "Hot times in the old town tonight" dancing."

One time I was shooting a .22 semi-auto rifle while standing in our second-floor balcony doorway. The @#$#%& hot ejected case bounced off the other side of the *&^% door jam, sailed back at me and lodged in between my glasses and my bare temple!

 

[george29]

Yes 89% No 11%

 

[tjj]

yup

90%-10%

 

[verdun59]

Done 90/10