You can also look at previous votes on initiatives as semi-accurate polling.
Michael Bloomberg / Everytown for Gun Safety / Moms Demand Action / The Trace / Mayors Against Illegal Guns which are all the same entity repeatedly pushed out the statistic that "90% of guns owners want to end private gun sales" of course this is totally misleading, but...
When it came a vote in Washington state, after outspending the NRA over 10:1 on Initiative-594 they received a 60/40 win.
I would put that 90% a lot farther down, because everyone in WA voted on this, not just gun owners. So, its it 10%, 30%, 60%? IDK, but I know it's not 90%.
For example ask people to vote on ‘universal background checks’ alone, you’ll probably get a majority voting in favor.
If you ask if a gun owner should give their guns to a trusted friend of family member for safekeeping if they feel depressed or suicidal, most people would also say that was a good idea.
Of course they wouldn’t realize they had just criminalized it.
Yea, I can agree to that. Let's say then that we can't make determinations, but can tell when something is just definitely not true, like 90% of gun owners definitely do not support ending private sales.
>If you ask if a gun owner should give their guns to a trusted friend of family member for safekeeping if they feel depressed or suicidal, most people would also say that was a good idea. Of course they wouldn’t realize they had just criminalized it.
Man, whole separate topic right there! People not realizing what gun laws say vs mean is so common it seems like it's by design.
Michael Bloomberg / Everytown for Gun Safety / Moms Demand Action / The Trace / Mayors Against Illegal Guns which are all the same entity repeatedly pushed out the statistic that "90% of guns owners want to end private gun sales" of course this is totally misleading, but...
When it came a vote in Washington state, after outspending the NRA over 10:1 on Initiative-594 they received a 60/40 win.
I would put that 90% a lot farther down, because everyone in WA voted on this, not just gun owners. So, its it 10%, 30%, 60%? IDK, but I know it's not 90%.
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