Fifty-four percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association, while 38% have an unfavorable opinion. The public's ratings of the NRA have fluctuated since first measured by Gallup in 1993 -- from a low of 42% favorable in 1995 to a high of 60% in 2005.I find this as hard to believe as the absurd claim that concealed carry permit holders are far safer than the general public.
The NRA's positions on guns and gun control legislation have received significant attention from media and politicians during the last week after the association's top lobbyist, Wayne LaPierre, held a press conference in the wake of the Newtown school shooting. LaPierre denounced the idea of additional gun control legislation and instead called for armed guards in the nation's schools. The press conference came midway through the field period of this Dec. 19-22 USA Today/Gallup poll.
What's your explanation? Part of it is the timing. The survey was already underway when Wayne broke the NRAs silence, but there must be more to it.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
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I find this as hard to believe as the absurd claim that concealed carry permit holders are far safer than the general public.
ReplyDeleteWhat's your explanation?
That you reject data that doesn't support your position.
I did not reject anything. i just expressed doubt.
DeleteStop weaseling about, Mikeb. "I find this as hard to believe as the absurd claim..." You don't call that a rejection?
DeleteGreg, are you trying to piss me off? I don't weasel. I sometimes use the expression "I reject this outright." This is not one of those.
DeleteIt's logic. Calling one thing as absurd as another means that you reject both.
DeleteMikeb, you reject data from Gallup and from state police agencies, but you accept whatever the Brady Bunch tells you. Yup, that's inexplicable.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if the NRA were running for president, the word you'd have to use here is landslide.
ReplyDeleteDid you hear that 3 NJ police officers were shot inside the lockup of their PD?
ReplyDeleteThat's what those dumbass Cops get for creating a gun free zone inside their station!
IF only we had Armed Teachers there to defend them and children to rush the gunman!!!!
Grung,
DeleteThree were shot, not 10 or 20, and they quickly responded to the threat and killed their attacker.
This shooting has little bearing on the proposals for armed guards in schools or armed teachers since the setting and actors are so different. However, what lessons we can draw from this incident are not exclusively helpful to your side.
More instructive stories would be ones like this one near me:
http://www.tricities.com/news/article_35434f30-00d3-522f-98f1-58f372591713.html
and, yes, the stories regarding the armed guards at Columbine. Taken together, these would show that having armed guards in schools can be a good step, but is not a cure all. Still, it's likely to do more to stop these shootings than passing "assault weapon" bans that will be ignored by these evil people who are intent on murder.
Gene, have you looked at the gun laws in New Jersey? It's notorious for its infringements. Beyond that, police departments across the state are broke.
DeleteMike, I have to commend you at least for publishing this. It's rare to see anti-gun people actually acknowledge stuff like this. You may disagree with data; and make no mistake I disagree with that. However, I must commend you for at least giving some weight to something like this. It would be very easy to just not post it and be done with it; I'm happy you did.
ReplyDeleteThanks for noticing that, Jack.
DeleteYour "there must be more to it" is reminiscent of the insistence by some of my fellow conservatives that all polls suggesting President Obama was going to win the last election just HAD to be deeply flawed. Here's the deal, unless you have real expertise in statistics, test design and sampling methods, rejecting one poll by an organization like Gallup for no good reason reason suggests you must reject all of them, including any that might support your position...if you have any interest in being consistent.
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