Please vote in Purdue Self-Defense with a Firearm polls

[zebov]

Can you guys help us out by voting in the following polls? They really help sway public opinion:

1) [noparse]http://www.purdueexponent.org/opinion/poll_a4261fce-0f14-11e1-abac-0019bb30f31a.html[/noparse]

2) [noparse]http://www.facebook.com/questions/10150454699583417/[/noparse]

One is from the student newspaper and the other is from the Purdue Student Government. Thanks!

EDIT:

Suggestion from Benny:

zebov, you should edit your OP and tell everyone that votes to click on the link, copy the address, open a new window and paste the address there.

That way that can't see that a large chunk of "yes" votes are coming from a gun forum.

 

[youngda9]

4 choices for the first poll. I've seen this in the news before where they have multiple answers(instead of just YES and NO) and then try to skew the results in some way.

Current results:
Yes, people need it for protection. 17 19%
No, but if other people are carrying so will I. 4 4%
No, it makes campus less safe. 46 51%
Yes, it's our constitutional right. 24 26%

I interpret that as 51/49 since the one "no" answer says that the person will carry. Stupid polls.

 

[zebov]

4 choices for the first poll. I've seen this in the news before where they have multiple answers(instead of just YES and NO) and then try to skew the results in some way.

Current results:
Yes, people need it for protection. 17 19%
No, but if other people are carrying so will I. 4 4%
No, it makes campus less safe. 46 51%
Yes, it's our constitutional right. 24 26%

I interpret that as 51/49 since the one "no" answer says that the person will carry. Stupid polls.

Yeah, the poll is just about as biased as a poll can be to make it look like there is no support for defending oneself with a firearm.

 

[Benny]

zebov, you should edit your OP and tell everyone that votes to click on the link, copy the address, open a new window and paste the address there.

That way that can't see that a large chunk of "yes" votes are coming from a gun forum.

 

[eldirector]

Fairly terrible polls, as already mentioned. I voted anyway.

Some of the "write-in" votes on the FB poll are awful. The anti-freedom folks just can't help making fools of themselves.

Maybe Purdue is full of drunk college "kids" who can't be trusted with anything more dangerous than a #2 pencil. I hope there are enough mature young adults up there to outweigh the others, but these polls (and the comments) seem to say otherwise. Sad state of affairs.

 

[Westside]

Yeah, the poll is just about as biased as a poll can be to make it look like there is no support for defending oneself with a firearm.

Glad I read the posts. Because I was about the same thing.

 

[Sailor]

zebov, you should edit your OP and tell everyone that votes to click on the link, copy the address, open a new window and paste the address there.

That way that can't see that a large chunk of "yes" votes are coming from a gun forum.

Yes do this.

Do not click the link.

 

[indykid]

Do you support the proposed concealed carry legislation in Purdue Student Government?

For someone not familiar with what is going on at Purdue, this is very misleading. Is the legislation to ban concealed carry or support concealed carry? While I know the answer, someone not familiar with the story who just gets this link won't have a clue without spending time to verify, and we all know how much people like taking time to verify things.

 

[Bill of Rights]

OK guys, I just removed the "links" from the addresses posted in the OP. Benny had a good suggestion that I wish I'd read before I clicked.

The poll is strongly in our favor. Sadly, there is no option to voice disapproval of the "training requirement".

Blessings,
Bill

 

[Kedric]

Voted in the first one. Hope it helps.

 

[BLA]

Voted. Definitively hope that the polls actually get used. I'm at Ivy tech right now but am hoping to get over to Purdue sometime soon. It will be great if CC is allowed.

 

[4x4]

Why does the 2nd poll even exist? Why create a poll on something you are seriously trying to change, and then give ridiculous options like "turtles" and the one about proximity mines? You are wasting time.

 

[Dwight]

Why does the 2nd poll even exist? Why create a poll on something you are seriously trying to change, and then give ridiculous options like "turtles" and the one about proximity mines? You are wasting time.

Totally agree!

I voted in the first poll. I want our voice to be heard.

I ignored the second poll. The Facebook poll is juvenile and embarrassing. You'd better keep this professional if you have any hope to succeed.

 

[4x4]

Totally agree!

I voted in the first poll. I want our voice to be heard.

I ignored the second poll. The Facebook poll is juvenile and embarrassing. You'd better keep this professional if you have any hope to succeed.

Not only that, but "bacon" wasnt even a poll option.

 

[Hammerhead]

The Facebook poll can be changed by anyone adding in their own response. While there are people who are voting and answering honestly, there will be people who add the silly answers for the heck of it.

And it's a crime that "bacon" isn't a poll option. Maybe someone needs to write in a "Bacon. And carry is legal per state law, PU should follow state law" as an answer.

 

[Homebrew]

The Facebook poll can be changed by anyone adding in their own response. While there are people who are voting and answering honestly, there will be people who add the silly answers for the heck of it.

And it's a crime that "bacon" isn't a poll option. Maybe someone needs to write in a "Bacon. And carry is legal per state law, PU should follow state law" as an answer.

Done.