Are Liberals Too Eager to Believe Sex Charges Against Julian Assange?

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302. Selection bias in that poll.

The poll is posted in the RKBA forum, and the respondents are almost exclusively RKBA frequenters.

The "great many members" are of course selected in a biased way based upon their desire to participate in that forum.

The only way we could get an actual view of where the majority of DUers stand on gun control issues would be to have a poll in a generally available forum and have it be responded to in a much greater sample size. This would have to be a great deal more participation than is likely to be found in RKBA.

This poll only states the following: "The vast majority of people in this poll are of the opinion that tougher gun laws would not prevent criminal access to guns, and the sample is comprised largely of a group of people already likely to have a pro-gun stance."

While I'm sure to see this link more often as some sort of "proof" of something in the coming weeks, it is not, upon inspection, a very convincing argument to offer to support your assertion. It is pretty much the poll equivalent of stating that "water is wet". Truthful, but not illuminating.