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In reply to the discussion: How (not) to convince people to support gun control. [View all]Progressive dog
(6,900 posts)5. All polling is somewhat misleading
but I don't believe you are a pollster, are you? If you are, what did you think of the Ayotte poll in NH right after her pro gun vote?
I'd also like to ask, what would you think that I should consider as a meaningful drop in gun death statistics? A handful of children saved, once in a while, say at a place like Newtown, would be about what I'm thinking. I would expect more just from background checks, mag. size, and AWB reinstatement. Those can easily be done without violating any 2nd amendment rights. Even if you are right, a handful of lives saved is better than none.
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Of course, you said it exactly right when saying, "If you want to convince people".
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#1
No this is a republic with laws that can override a popular sentiment or vote
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#7
I have only posted once in this thread point out the contrary polling
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#65
If your goal is to save lives then AR-15s are the least of your worries when it come to guns.
hack89
Apr 2013
#38
I call that being a control freak. And how would you find out what guns they owned
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#67
We need to draw a line somewhere? Then draw it between criminals and noncriminals.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#30
I've been subject to the same treatment, but that's not the part that bugs me.
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#75
Stupid bigoted gun nuts who don't care if children die aren't going to listen to logic regardless.
DanTex
Apr 2013
#60
I presume you can see the circularity of your own argument without my needing to point it out? N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#81