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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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3. True, but PEW isn't known for push polling.

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 12, 2015, 12:47 PM

Jan 2015

Sometimes the environment changes and the questions, although the same as before, elicit a different response.

That is what I believe has happened in this case.

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A recent PEW poll shows a majority of people support gun rights over gun control. [View all] flamin lib Jan 2015 OP

Depends on phrasing of the questions, obviously. elleng Jan 2015 #1

True, but PEW isn't known for push polling. flamin lib Jan 2015 #3

Right, they're not, elleng Jan 2015 #5

What percentage of adults in this country who legally can own upaloopa Jan 2015 #2

I believe that the current household ownership rate is between 35 & 40%. flamin lib Jan 2015 #7

Poll choice is ludicrous Proud Public Servant Jan 2015 #4

Absolutely. elleng Jan 2015 #6

To me the frightening part is that so many gun owners believe the confiscation conspiracies. Scuba Jan 2015 #8

Paranoid yes, but billh58 Jan 2015 #9

One strain does not rule out the other. Both are being manipulated. I can't open a YouTube .... Scuba Jan 2015 #10

pew backtracked, & I like this other pew poll better jimmy the one Jan 2015 #11

Unfortunately there is a natural inborn tendency to seek out and embrace flamin lib Jan 2015 #12