Credibility Poll

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discntnt: Credibility Poll

Haha, can't stop laughing - your 'poll' is junk science.
A proper poll results from random selection of a normal distribution of people, which disqualifies your 'credibility poll' right there, since it's done in a forum about RKBA/guncontrol which attracts the progun element like bees to honey (or rats to cheese).

It is not only legislators but also the legislation under consideration that needs credibility.

Can't stop laughing takeII! from you? answering the call with your 'credibility poll'?

discntnt's concern, aka stack the deck with bias: Of the many aspects of gun control and related laws, pressure for another assault weapons ban undermines the credibility of the pro control side since rifles are used least often to murder among types firearms. Handguns are used most often.

That's the gunnut spin on it, yes. But proliferation of assault rifles, such as ar15, bullets from which can penetrate bullet vests & steel helmets & walls & doors & can be effectively lesser automatic fire ~90 rds per minute, with little recoil so as to make them more accurate, are not needed in civilian communities. You are introducing more & more battlefield guns into places which are not battlefields.
Handguns kill of course far more frequently, they are cheaper to buy, but have less long range capability & accuracy & are normally limited to a few deaths per incident. Handguns cannot be banned or even suppressed, while assault weapons can be nipped in the bud.

discntnt: Does another AWB undermine pro control credibility?

Even your poll question is subjectively dumb. There is no federal awb, so we presume you speak of another 'state' awb. And just prior to asking this question you stacked the deck with a biased introduction, duh, this is junk science rasmussen style.
What did you REALLY prove with your poll? What we already knew to begin with, which posters were pro gun, & which were not, wheeeee, have a pyrrhic victory party & get giddy with elation;
Your 80% pro gun result also proves NOTHING except your poll is junk science, since it is opposite to what properly run reputable polls have shown about support for awb & current guncontrol efforts.
An internet poll is unscientific & only rarely backs into accuracy, serendipitously, and this one sure didn't.