Hoosier Survey finds supermajority supports gun control

[bwframe]

We can call BS all day long, but this is the camel's nose trying to sneak under the tent:

But when the Hoosier Survey asked about background checks for gun sales, 83 percent expressed support. Only 16 percent are opposed.

A smaller majority, 51 percent, supports a federal database to track gun sales.

 

[rob63]

The article says "The poll is conducted by telephone, where 360 landline calls and 240 cell phone calls were made. The margin of error is 5.2%."


I want to know where they found 360 landlines in this day and age. A total of 600 calls? How statically valid is that for application statewide?

The other thing about polls like this is that they only reflect the opinions of people that are willing to waste time talking to them. JMHO, but that leaves out most normal people.

 

[jwh20]

They passed laws banning "scary looking" gun and those evil "clips" in NY, CT, and MD and people didn't obey. If they don't obey in sheeple-heavy states like these, how well will it fly here?

 

[ccomstock001]

I guess that is why I have seen a large increase in open carry in the past year

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I could imagine, if the question were worded slimily enough, 83% of people would support background checks. But the 83% also support "assault rifles" seems high, no matter how slimily they worded it.

 

[KellyinAvon]

So, .01196% of the 2014 adult population of Indiana (600/5,013,610, 6,596,855*.76 the inverse of the 24% <18 pop of Indiana = 5,013,610) determined a super-majority of the adult population of his state is in favor of what??



Indiana QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

 

[KellyinAvon]

Maybe they went to lunch with Shannen what'shername in Zionsville and polled her friends?

Like Shannon has 599 friends!

 

[Mgderf]

This poll, like a plurality of the O.P.'s posts, is pure, unadulterated bovine excrement.
There is now way n God's green earth you're going to convince me of these stats.

They can say what they want, and repeat it as often as thy want. Doesn't mean it's true.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

It was not a WISH-TV poll. It was a scientific survey.

Ah, gotcha. When they worded it "Hoosier Survey", I assumed they were referring to their own or a similar local media one.

 

[Amishman44]

I find that to be horse-pucky...when you consider what the federal government has tried to do in the knee-jerk reaction that results when a shooting occurs, the states have advanced 'gun laws' and allowed personal protection to expand (nearly) everywhere! Even the courts have found 'laws' against an individual being allowed to obtain a gun and protect themselves with it to be 'wrong'...and they righted those wrongs. (IL, Washington DC, the number of states now allowing '2-A' carry, various states recognizing other states carry permits/license, etc.)

Any poll that states that a 'super-majority', especially in Indiana, is 'for' gun control...is skewed!

 

[actaeon277]

"Scientific"

 

[OakRiver]

Has anyone got a link to the questions asked?

 

[dirtybird]

So are these poll results from 2 weeks ago wrong? Poll: Are tighter gun control laws needed? | WISH-TV

I made sure to send them that link on the "send us your feedback" at the bottom of their page.

 

[cbhausen]

Read 'em and weep, gun control supporters:

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[ccomstock001]

So actually looking at these results confuse me. They say there is a large portion of people in favor of gun control but I see the poll results on there page and it is quite the opposite.

 

[cobber]

http://bowencenterforpublicaffairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Night-3-Results.pdf

There is strong support for three out of four gun control measures being advanced nationallyin the wake of a series of mass shootings. Hoosiers support measures to prevent thementally-ill from purchasing guns (83%), making private gun sales at gun shows subject tobackground checks (83%), and creating a federal database to track all gun sales (70%). Overallsupport for these measures matches the national averages as measured by the Pew ResearchCenter, July 14-20, 2015. Support holds across political parties, regions of the state, andcommunity type. Support is somewhat lower for a ban on assault weapon sales (51%) andthere is greater variation across parties and regions.

Baloney. BSU is full of, well, BS.

64% of Hoosiers in rural areas support a federal database of gun ownership? Yeah, Indiana Dems keep drinking that Kool Aid. Run for office on that platform and see what happens...

 

[jbombelli]

A few years back I was watching a gun control poll on a major news site. It was going heavily pro-gun. Every time I refreshed the page there were 15, 20, 30 more pro-gun votes. Then, all of a sudden, EXACTLY 5,000 votes were added to the anti-gun side. Then watched more pro- gun votes, 20, 30, 50 at a time with every refresh, and once again all at once 5,000 anti-gun votes were added to the poll.

I don't believe in polls on news sites. They're bull****.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

It's absolutely a lie..

"Just over half — 51.3 percent — support a ban on assault weapons with 48.7 percent opposed."

Funny, I just took that poll and 83.98 are OPPOSED.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

They would find it almost impossible to get through to me in the first place, I would almost certainly refuse a poll anyway, but if I was feeling extremely magnanimous (or ornery) I would lie to them generally, to invalidate or poison the database. Not even kidding.

If these rectal orifices would operate constitutionally, these polls would be meaningless anyway; the laws are supposed to protect the minority from the vagaries of majority opinion.

 

[Birds Away]

WISH-ful thinking on their part.