Have a look at a NY Newsday Based Poll

[NYFelon]

The results, I think, might surprise you

Take Newsday's gun ownership survey

 

[rockhopper46038]

The Long Islanders are all willing to throw away their rights, but the survey takers as a whole seem quite committed to preserving their Constitutional rights.

 

[indykid]

Very interesting survey, but considering News Day is New York City it would have been nice to see 4.5 million responses instead of 1489 but the numbers are heavily skewed in our direction.

 

[Jarhead77]

They did! I have friends in NY and, contrary to some popular beliefs, they are not ALL idiots.

 

[NYFelon]

The thing is, Newsday is a completely untrustworthy organization. They have been caught outright in journalistic lies, as well as a huge scandal regarding their circulation numbers. Newspapers generate their advertising rates by their circulation -- more papers, broader audience, higher rates -- and Newsday inflated theirs by almost 100%.

That article is a lie, out and out. The poll reflects more truth than the article.

 

[NYFelon]

Very interesting survey, but considering News Day is New York City it would have been nice to see 4.5 million responses instead of 1489 but the numbers are heavily skewed in our direction.

Actually Newsday is a Long Island regional paper. It covers some NYC stuff, but Newsday and it's broadcast sister News 12 Long Island focus primarily on issues and happenings on Long Island.

 

[hooky]

I learned something. Apparently exploding bullets are not illegal.

 

[gunowner930]

I learned something. Apparently exploding bullets are not illegal.

What, you didn't hear?? You can get them at gun shows no questions asked...

It's amazing just how little the media knows about firearms or firearms laws.

 

[NYFelon]

What, you didn't hear?? You can get them at gun shows no questions asked...

It's amazing just how little the media knows about firearms or firearms laws.

Well look at how they framed the semi-auto ban question..."semi-automatics that reload automatically each time you pull the trigger..." If that isn't designed to make the ignorant equate semi-auto with full-auto than I'm a chocolate popsicle named Lucinda.

 

[RoyalTenenbaum]

Thanks for posting. Whenever I take these I always say I am not an nra member and don't own a gun. I think they use those questions to dq gun owners from their "target audience" responses. Just a thought.

 

[NYFelon]

I answer honestly. No guns, NRA member.

I think they must have taken their poll results early and run with them. The stuff they published is like 65/35 in favor of bans. I was like, "What'd they do, poll the editorial staff and report the results?"