Have you ever taken a gun ownership poll?

[Koshinn]

Never been sure about who they poll on any topic I have yet to ever be polled by any major polling service. I have done my best to opt out of all such lists where possible, so maybe it worked.

According to Gallup, they take an area code then randomly generate numbers and call them. They say they get about 50% disconnected numbers and 50% actual numbers. They then ask for the person in the home who's over 18 and who's birthday is closest to the current date to randomize it further, although they don't do that if they dial a cell phone of course.

The easiest way to establish a proxy value for false negatives would be to get a public list of CCW holders and poll them and see how many respond in the negative. There is an almost certain 1:1 correlation that they own a firearm.

If 30 percent lie then you know the values overall is 30 percent low.

That's what I'm attempting to do here

But of course this isn't a scientific poll. However, there really isn't a good way to do this, and I've thought about it a lot.

Calling someone's home phone is a no-go because how can they trust you? They're as likely to lie to you as to Gallup or any other poll taker.

Asking someone in person, to their face, if they'd blatantly lie is also a surefire way to get false answers. Even Bulletdog above didn't just say "no" to his doctors, he gave an inconclusive answer or communicated a desire to not answer. Of course, in this context, any answer but "no" is a "yes"... and of course we know that... but we as a society place a stigma on lying, especially to someone's face, even if there's no criminal penalty for doing so. Also if you ask someone face-to-face if they'd lie to another person face-to-face, and their truthful answer would be "yes", why wouldn't they also lie to you and say "no"?

Posting a poll online in which only the people truly passionate are the ones that would answer, and that skews it in favor of "no" answers in my opinion. At the current value of 87% "no" answers, if you applied that to the Gallup poll's result of like 35% of homes own a firearm, it'd mean that over 100% of homes have firearms, which immediately kills the credibility of the poll.

[Heavy Metal]

You are not going to get a large enough sample size to do it here.

[markm]

With the current political climate is it any surprise that gun owners are keeping a lower profile about it all?

That is certainly not the best strategy. In the wake of the school shooting, the leftist nutbags couldn't get anti gun measures passed. CCW continues to spread in the country. And even asswipe Chicago was even forced to allow gun stores to operate.

Gun control is unpopular to the majority in this country... even some democrats like their bad policy but still want the be able to own a firearm.

Whack jobs want to create the impression that gun ownership is unpopular and shameful.... and racist or terrorist.. or whatever these thug fukks can dream up.

Stand up to these punk bitches.

[Koshinn]

You are not going to get a large enough sample size to do it here.

There are currently 4807 users online. 1011 members and 3796 guests

And it's in the middle of the work day!

I know guests won't be able to answer, but we should be able to get at least a thousand answers if people can post in GD.

That is certainly not the best strategy.

Exactly! By protecting oneself, people are hurting the cause.

It's arguable that the number of firearms owners makes no difference... if it did, how can the Dems fight for LGBT rights when they make up less than 4% of the population, or worded another way, there are at least 10 times more firearms owners who are truthful about owning firearms than there are LGBT people.

[Ryno12]

There are currently 4807 users online. 1011 members and 3796 guests

And it's in the middle of the work day!

I know guests won't be able to answer, but we should be able to get at least a thousand answers if people can post in GD.

Many, if not most, of which are using Tapatalk. So we can't even see a poll much less vote in one.

Is this thread a poll?


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[Koshinn]

Many, if not most, of which are using Tapatalk. So we can't even see a poll much less vote in one.

Is this thread a poll?


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Good point, thanks. Updated the original post. Yes, there is a poll in this thread.

[Koshinn]

Intetesting we're getting closer to 50%. Did not expect that.

[AKDoug]

Why the he'll would your doctor ask if you have guns???

It's a regular question on every federally mandated D.O.T. physical I have taken in the last ten years for my commercial drivers license. They ask my kids as well if I use the school system's doc for sport's physicals for them. My wife reports that they ask that question at every new doctor she's visited for quite a while.

[AKDoug]

Back on subject. I don't answer ANY polls. I hang up on them. BTW, ask Eric Cantor how that whole polling thing worked out.

[jpmuscle]

Polls? Negative. And certainly not to any medical professionals in any contexts. The only time Ive disclosed is during a hiring process. Stupid polygraphs...

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