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jimmy the one

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25. High moe, but serendipity to the rescue
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 07:35 AM
Apr 2013

zombieH: you feel this poll is poorly made, I will try to be open to critiques,..

The poll was well made, no spelling errors, proper grammar, the choices clear (albeit limited), well done on the technical side (I am unfamiliar with eta tho, to me is est'd time of arrival!).

However, the poll proves next to nothing. Are you bursting with pride that 93% don't want any legal guns to be confiscated? Does this surprise you on a gunboard where gun enthusiasts are far more zealous & apt to reply to a gun poll such as this? But were you to poll only gun control advocates the result wouldn't be all that much lower, maybe 80-85%.
It's a non-scientific internet poll, has no relationship to accuracy outside of serendipitous fluke, tho you aren't far off with your results;
.. compare your unscientific poll with a properly run one, by cnn:

CNN/ORC Poll. March 15-17, 2013. N=1,021 adults nationwide MOE ± 3.
"Which of the following statements comes closest to your view? There should be no restrictions on owning guns. There should be some restrictions on owning guns. All guns should be illegal for everyone except police and authorized personnel."
...... No restrictions ..Some restrictions.. Illegal ..Unsure
3/15-17/13...... 17 .............70 ..................12 .........-
12/17-18/12 .....13 .............71 ..................15 .........-
8/7-8/12 ........13 .............76 ..................10 .........-
1/14-16/11 ......14 .............71 ..................14 .........1
6/26-28/09 ......14 .............71 ..................15

http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm

So consistently the past 4 years, only about 12% on avg have wanted all guns illegal, somewhat consistent with your results (of about 4% when excluding your 'some'), & note cnn doesn't qualify with 'confiscation' (conversely then about 85-90% could NOT want confiscation, compared with your 96% - you are the rasmussen of the DU set).
.. I won't participate but I would've gone with 'confiscate some', in line with the 1994 assault rifle ban, which made about 2% of national gunstock illegal & subject to confiscation. 'Some' has such wide variance that it's misleading; actually on 2nd thought your poll could have been better put with 'less than 10% of all guns confiscated' and 'about half or more confiscated', or 'handgun ban & confiscation'.
But, this still would've proved next to nothing, from what we already know. And such a small sample size so far, ~60, the margin of error is perhaps 20% or more.

Cnn's poll could use improvement as well, 'a modicum of restrictions' and 'minor restrictions' and 'major restrictions' would provide better insight, after defining what each category would entail in a separate headlining paragraph.

Well, unscientifically & serendipitously for you, you've corroborated loosely what was already known. That most all americans don't want to confiscate firearms.
Did you not notice the 'sarcasm' tag hanging from biden's neck?

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Some have said as much right here on the DU. I wonder, though.... NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #1
Are the firearms they use on the job privately owned? ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #2
The poll question is a bit vague in any event. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #3
I mentioned "privately owned" in the text, but I will add your imput. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #5
Is the edit more clear? nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #6
Oh yes much better, thanks. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #9
Thanks for the imput. Making fair political polls can be challanging. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #15
depends on the PD gejohnston Apr 2013 #4
Ah. I edited the poll OP text to clearly exempt on duty police, etc. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #7
I asked graham4anything in GD, and now I'll ask you the same question. slackmaster Apr 2013 #10
I don't support gun confiscation, but I felt that police officers, etc., should be exempt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #13
In Texas most law enforcement supples their own sidearm oneshooter Apr 2013 #11
Interesting. I just assumed they were all State issued. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #14
No. Only flaming kooks support confiscation of legally owned firearms, or of anything else. slackmaster Apr 2013 #8
Problem is, armueller2001 Apr 2013 #12
There's a word that accurately describes that situation. slackmaster Apr 2013 #17
"flaming" CreekDog Apr 2013 #34
Confiscation with compensation? krispos42 Apr 2013 #16
I didn't think of that. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #18
No, but that is what they did in Australia. krispos42 Apr 2013 #23
I do not support confiscation of currently legally owned firearms Flashmann Apr 2013 #19
Where are all the DUers who were wanting all guns banned and collected? n-t Logical Apr 2013 #20
Strange...... I think I only saw one such comment. nt rdharma Apr 2013 #21
They're cowering in their "safe haven," unwilling or unable to make convincing arguments in favor... slackmaster Apr 2013 #22
There are only a handful when it comes to handguns. A lot more when it comes to assault weapons. n hack89 Apr 2013 #29
Which is odd because handguns kill many more people. n-t Logical Apr 2013 #33
Logic and gun control don't always go together. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #35
Here's one kudzu22 Apr 2013 #32
Only if they're caught with them outside their house after the ban is passed... nt Comrade_McKenzie Apr 2013 #24
High moe, but serendipity to the rescue jimmy the one Apr 2013 #25
No group of DUers will take your guns stop the meme upaloopa Apr 2013 #26
Including assault weapons? The present number in circulation is OK? hack89 Apr 2013 #30
I don't have guns to take, so I know no group of DUers will take my guns, ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #31
I don't support the confiscation of anything tularetom Apr 2013 #27
Not all but certainly the vast majority. bowens43 Apr 2013 #28
don't think of it as confiscation-think of it as mandatory voluntary surrender bubbayugga Apr 2013 #36
Of course criminals will not voluntarily surrender their firearms. ... spin Apr 2013 #37
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