Gun Control Survey -- Save my grade!

[euphoricism]

edit: IM DONE! w00000000! thanks everyone!

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N)
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N)

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N)
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know)

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N)

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N)
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N)

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5)

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N)

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N)
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt)

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N)

10 What is your Major?

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other)

12 What is your age?

13 What is your gender?




TY TY TY FTR World

[swiggidy]

1) N, no because I feel safe in my neighborhood as is

2) Y, not sure but he has a concealed carry license

3) N

4) N, 1 month

5) N

6) 2 I guess

7) N

8) Y for accessing them

9) If I was about to be analy gang-rapped then yes, if I was being robbed at gun-point then no

10) Electrical Engineering

11) W

12) 27

13) Male

[bode]

1. No. I feel safe without it.

2. Yes. Not sure

3. Not really

4. a. No
b. 1 month

5. No

6. 3

7. No

8. Yes, State gov't

9. depends on situation.

10. Architecture. (substitute if your school doesnt offer this.

11. W

12. 25

13. Male

[Fortune 500]

1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) N

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) N

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) Y

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) N
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month) 4-7 days

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) Y

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 4

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) N

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) Fed

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) Y, in theory

10 What is your Major? Jounalism

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) AK vs. QQ. Okay, W.

12 What is your age? 28

13 What is your gender? Male

[a500lbgorilla]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) YES, a walther p22.
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N) NO, I do not have a conceal carry permit.

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) YES, my roommate for starters. My father, grandfather, older brother, and neighbor all own handguns.
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) NO. To my knowledge, none of them carry.

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) YES. I'm familar(ish) with them. I probably wouldn't ace a quiz on the subject but I wouldn't fail it.

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) YES, anything longer than 3 days would also be acceptable.


5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) YES, at the gun range. It tends to get boring without one (For a less jackassy answer, NO. I've never been in a situation where I would want a handgun for my protection.)

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3, I vote republican usually but socially I tend to be liberal.

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) NO, it should be at the owners disgression.

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Nope

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) YES, if I was being victimized I would prefer a handgun. Only becuase I punch like a girl. I could probably talk my way out of most heated situations. "HEY BUDDY YOU'RE ABOUT 5 SECONDS AWAY FROM KICKING THE ABSOLUTE SHIT OUT OF ME! CAN YOU HANDLE THAT!?!"

10 What is your Major? Aerospace Engineering

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 21

13 What is your gender? male?




TY TY TY FTR World

[Lukie]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) - No
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) - Yes

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) - Yes
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) - Don't know, leaning towards no

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) - yes, to an extent

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) - yes
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) - yes

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) - 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) - absolutely not

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) - no
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt)

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) - lol? of course

10 What is your Major? - ---

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) - white/caucasian

12 What is your age? - 21-

13 What is your gender? -male




TY TY TY FTR World

[Lukie]

by the way furry ol rilla, i made my post before i ever even saw yours, we have a lot of similarities so you can't hate me

[givememyleg]

1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) No
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) No

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) Yes
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) No

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) Yes

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) Yes
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) No

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) No

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) No
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt)

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) No

10 What is your Major? Business Information Systems (well it was!)

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 21

13 What is your gender? M

[zook]

1. N
1B. N
2. N
3. N
4. Y
5. N
6. 1
7. Y
8. Y
A. Feds
9. N
10. Biology.
11. W
12. 30
13. Male

[a500lbgorilla]

by the way furry ol rilla, i made my post before i ever even saw yours, we have a lot of similarities so you can't hate me

I HATE YOU BECUASE I HATE MYSELF!!!

[Jay67s]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) - No
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N) -- NA
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) NO

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) YES
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) NO

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) NO

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) N
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month) 2 weeks

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) N

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) N

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt)

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) N

10 What is your Major? it was MATH 20 years ago

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 40

13 What is your gender? M




TY TY TY FTR World

[chardrian]

1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) N

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know)

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) N

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) Y
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) N

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 1

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) Y

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) Both

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) N

10 What is your Major? It was Philosophy and Law & Society

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) White/Hispanic

12 What is your age? 31

13 What is your gender? both

[Zee Devee]

1. No
B. No

2. No
A. No

3.No

4. a. No
b. 4-7 Days

5. No

6. 3

7. No

8. No

9. No

10. Finance

11. W

12. 19

13. M

[bigred]

Do you own a handgun? No, I'm not a hick. Guns wouldn't make me feel safer.

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N)
No.

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws?
No

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) No
B) 1 year

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? No.

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative
2.5

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home?
Yes.

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N)
A) Yes, federal. Alabama needs our help.

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? No, I'd rather have a cop.

10 What is your Major? Economics, CS minor

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age?
22
13 What is your gender?
M

[EricE]

1 Do you own a handgun?
NO
NO, I have guns. Just not a handgun.

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun?
Of course. errr. yes
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them?
Yes

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws?
YES

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time?
Yes, I don't agree with waiting periods.

B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)
Answer in A.

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you?
No

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative
3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home?
No

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws?
No
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt)

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N)
Yes

10 What is your Major?
<blank>

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other)
W

12 What is your age?
42

13 What is your gender?
M

[mrhappy333]

1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) No
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) Yes

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) Yes
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) Yes

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) Yes

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) No
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month) 2 weeks

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) No

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) No

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Yes
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) Feds

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) Yes

10 What is your Major? General Studies

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) white cracker

12 What is your age? 35

13 What is your gender? M

[IowaSkinsFan]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) I'd feel less safe

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know)

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) N

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) Y
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) N

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) N

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) State

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) Y if it would help i would.

10 What is your Major? Post Modern Feminist thought

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) Jew

12 What is your age? 18

13 What is your gender? Male




TY TY TY FTR World

[Lukie]

Once Euph collects all the data he needs for his class, I think this would be a good place to actually discuss gun control.

Personally, I do not own a gun of any kind. However, it makes very little sense to have a system where it is very easy for a criminal to have access to firearms where law-abiding citizens cannot. This includes hand guns.

In fact, it has been proven time and time again that areas with STRICT gun control laws actually have HIGHER rates of violent crime then areas with laxer gun control laws.

I am also amazed at the number of people that answered 'yes' to question #7. The point of owning a hand gun for self defence is so you have the ability to use it should the need arise.

If you don't want it to fire, don't pull the trigger (or, rather, don't put your finger on the trigger to begin with). If there are kids around, lock the gun in a safe, or keep it on you in a good holster. This is entirely the gun owner's responsibility.

For the record, I am entirely for gun control on certain issues, ie. keeping them away from violent criminals, bans on fully automatic assault rifles/machine guns, and probably others that I can't think of off the top of my head.

[EricE]

I totally agree that strict gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. Criminals have easy access to guns and laws don't affect this. It hasn't so far...here or any other country.

I have guns and kids. My guns are all locked in a gun safe. If the trigger lock law was in effect (in my state) I would have to have a trigger lock on them also. silly.

Bans on fully automatic rifles affect nothing. It doesn't diminish crime because criminals don't use automatic weapons. For the record, when you hear on the news that so-and-so used a 45 automatic...that is not an automatic weapon. It is a semi-auto just like ALL hand guns are. Unless you consider an uzzy (sp) a hand gun. All automatic weapons are illegal to own or use unless you have a license for one.
Again, the biggest reason to not inact laws about these guns is that they are NOT used in violent crimes. Violent criminals by and large use your standard hand gun. Likely available for $50 on up from a criminal in the street. Laws do not affect their availability to criminals.

Texas is a very low crime state. Why? Because more people per capita own and carry guns than any other state. Carrying does reduce crime.

[euphoricism]

What part of wait two days wasn't I clear on!??!?

(Actually, I only need 2 more surveys to be done, but after that discuss away.)

[Numbr2intheWorld]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? No
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? N/A
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? No

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? Yes
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? No

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? No

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? Yes
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? N/A

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? No

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? No

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? No
A) If yes, who should regulate them N/A

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? No

10 What is your Major? Business Adminstration

11 What is your race? White

12 What is your age? 18

13 What is your gender? Male




TY TY TY FTR World

[swiggidy]

Violent criminals by and large use your standard hand gun. Likely available for $50 on up from a criminal in the street.

or at walmart

[Rabid Dog]

1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) No
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) No, my scatter gun is more intimidating

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) Yes
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) Never asked

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) No

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) Yes
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) No

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3, when in doubt always pick the middle

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) Absolutely

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) No, I think any non fellon should have the right to bear arms
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt)

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) This question is situational dependant. Is there more than one aggressor? Is my family at risk? Is my dog not around

10 What is your Major? None

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 47

13 What is your gender? Male

[euphoricism]

Woot, got my surveys. Thanks guys you rock.

So officially, flame on!

[Lukie]

Woot, got my surveys. Thanks guys you rock.

So officially, flame on!

there's a big difference between discussion, even heated discussion (which hasn't happened and hopefully won't), and flaming

[thizzSantaCruz]

Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N) N
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) n/a

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) N

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) N

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) Y
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month) n/a, if gun control becomes too difficult you always can find other ways to buy one, it is pointless control in my opinion

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) Y

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 2

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) N

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) N
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) n/a

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) depends on the situation

10 What is your Major? Business Management and Econ

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 19

13 What is your gender? male

[Numbr2intheWorld]

why would we flame this?

[Trikflow77]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N) N
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N)

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know) Y

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) Y

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) Y
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month)

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) Y

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N)

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) S

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) Y

10 What is your Major? Organic Chemistry

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 24

13 What is your gender? Male




TY TY TY FTR World

[Borgib]

Totally forgot this was due... please answer, only 13 questions. If youre not in college leave the "major" part blank and uh.. I'll make one up for you... ;p Also, please wait like two days before you start a huge argument so I can get the survey done

TY TY TY TY


1 Do you own a handgun? (Y/N)NO
A) If yes, do you regularly carry it with you? (Y/N)
B) If no, would you feel safer if you owned a hand gun? (Y/N) N0

2 Do you personally know anyone who owns a handgun? (Y/N) NO
A) If yes, do they regularly carry it with them? (Y/N/Dont Know)

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) NO

4 The current waiting period to purchase a handgun in Florida is 3 days:
A) Is this a suitable period of time? (Y/N) NO
B) If No, how long should the waiting period be? (1-2 Days, 4-7 Days, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, One month, More than one month) 4-7

5 Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you had a hand gun on you? (Y/N) N

6 Rate your political affiliation on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative (1-5) 3

7 Should trigger locks (mechanism that prohibits a trigger from being pulled without first removing the device with a key) be required on all hand guns stored in a home? (Y/N) Y

8 Overall, do you support strict gun control laws? (Y/N) Y
A) If yes, who should regulate them (State govt / Federal Govt) State

9 If you were being victimized outside your home, would you prefer to have a gun on you? (Y/N) N

10 What is your Major?

11 What is your race? (W/B/H/A/Other) W

12 What is your age? 37

13 What is your gender? Male




TY TY TY FTR World

[a500lbgorilla]

Its really crazy how many people describe themselves as a 3. We should start a middle of the road party and run this bitch!

[biondino]

I was just thinking that!

Btw, just checked some stats: in 2005, 11,000 or so Americans were killed with guns; 78 Brits were killed by guns. I think the US homicide rate is about 3 times higher than the UK rate; taking this into account, along with a 5x greater population, guns kill* almost 10 times as many people per capita in the US than in the UK.

We have gun control in the UK.


*this number refers to homicide; it doesn't include accidental death or suicide, both of which are substantial figures.

[Anosmic]

I think the US homicide rate is about 3 times higher than the UK rate; taking this into account, along with a 5x greater population, guns kill* almost 10 times as many people per capita in the US than in the UK.

Guns don't kill people.

Americans do.

I'm with Bill Hicks, all those gun-deaths in the UK were by American tourists

[Ash256]

3 Are you familiar with your state's Gun Control Laws? (Y/N) N

I'm sure I heard somewhere that you're a lawyer.. :S

[drmcboy]

1 N

2 N

3 N

4 Y

5 N

6 1

7 N

8 Worst yes or no question ever

9 See above

10
Mgmt Information Systems, class of 99

11 W

12 29

13 M

[flomo]

8 Worst yes or no question ever

9 See above

i thought 5 was the best question, if you needed a hangun in the past and didn't have one, yuou were screwed
and would n't be here to answer the question

[ensign_lee]

1) No
B) No

2) Yes
A) No

3) Yes

4) A) Yes

5) No

6) 3

7) Yes

8) No

9) Yes...duh? Wait...define "victimized"

10) Finance

11) Asian

12) 20

13) Male

extra question: I am from TEXAS.

[a500lbgorilla]

I was just thinking that!

Btw, just checked some stats: in 2005, 11,000 or so Americans were killed with guns; 78 Brits were killed by guns. I think the US homicide rate is about 3 times higher than the UK rate; taking this into account, along with a 5x greater population, guns kill* almost 10 times as many people per capita in the US than in the UK.

We have gun control in the UK.


*this number refers to homicide; it doesn't include accidental death or suicide, both of which are substantial figures.

What are the homicide rates considering all weapons?

[euphoricism]

done, thanks everyoneeeee

[EricE]

I was just thinking that!

Btw, just checked some stats: in 2005, 11,000 or so Americans were killed with guns; 78 Brits were killed by guns. I think the US homicide rate is about 3 times higher than the UK rate; taking this into account, along with a 5x greater population, guns kill* almost 10 times as many people per capita in the US than in the UK.

We have gun control in the UK.


*this number refers to homicide; it doesn't include accidental death or suicide, both of which are substantial figures.

This argument is often brought up. The thing is, its comparing apples to oranges. UK doesn't have less violent crime because of gun control, it has less because it is the UK. America has always been a violent country. Think of the old west. I am just saying that you can't compare the two countrys. They are different.

[Lukie]

You also have to consider the amount of firearms in the united states... OVER 200 MILLION. While we would all love to live in a dream world where that isn't true, the reality of the situation is that it is, and it makes no sense to have a system where it's very easy for criminals to obtain weapons where law-abiding citizens cannot.

I've actually never heard of a logical rebuttal to this.

[parky]

1) No
2) a- Yes
b- No they do not carry it with them

3) No

4) A , 3 days should be adequate

5) No

6) 1 - very liberal

7) Yes

8) Yes- Federal government should regulate them
9) Yes

10) Math

11) White

12) 58 (I am back in school)

13) Male

[biondino]

Murder rates in the US are 3 times as high per capita than in the UK; gun homicide rates are 30 times higher per capita.

(though we're catching up - there are 3 times as many gun deaths now than there were 10 years ago. Go Britain!)

[ensign_lee]

done, thanks everyoneeeee

You should really put this in the initial post. Edit your post, bugger.

By the way, did you use my responses?

[euphoricism]

I used everyones responses who put in responses.

[a500lbgorilla]

So who was right?

[euphoricism]

Not you. Who shoots a 22?

Kidding. Actually, im probably going to pick up a walther 22. great gun for the price. 22s just dont have the stopping power I want if I'm carrying concealed but it'd be fun at the range.

In fact there was a story on fark about a highschool kid who was shot in the back with a 22 and didnt know it - thought he got hit with a rock or something. Certainly didnt knock him down or kill him.

Granted, you can fire 8 rounds in like less than 2 seconds, which might do a little better, but it increases your chances of misses and therefore accidental hits exponentially.

[a500lbgorilla]

Yah, its purely a target shooting gun. If I was going to own to carry I would look into a glock or walther p99.

The gun I really want is a kimber 1911

[flomo]

kimber's are sweeet

[euphoricism]

My local range lets you rent a bunch and I fell in luf with the glock22 40 cal.. so... manly....

[Lukie]

My local range lets you rent a bunch and I fell in luf with the glock22 40 cal.. so... manly....

I actually went to a gun shop the other day and was holding some of them, and I really liked the feel of the G17 (same gun as G22 only in 9mm), but the G19 was a bit small in my hand and didn't feel quite as good. I take it you like the .40?

[Warpe]

bump

[euphoricism]

My local range lets you rent a bunch and I fell in luf with the glock22 40 cal.. so... manly....

I actually went to a gun shop the other day and was holding some of them, and I really liked the feel of the G17 (same gun as G22 only in 9mm), but the G19 was a bit small in my hand and didn't feel quite as good. I take it you like the .40?

I do like 40, but i feel its going to take a lot more time at the range to really get it down. It kicks pretty damn hard.

Put it this way, if theres a bullet you HAD to take -- let it be the 9mm. It has to hit you pretty damn well to kill you. Great story a whiiile back about a cop with a barricaded suspect with a 9mm. Cop took his vest off and went in, he later said something like "If he saw my vest, he would have shot me in the head. I'll live through a 9mm shot to the belly". Guy had balls of rock, but he makes a good point.

a 40 is another story. It'll knock your ass down. But it is a bigger weapon, so it does have bigger recoil which does make it harder to put several rounds in a small target than a 9mm will. Thats the trade off.


For target shooting, take the 9mm. Ammo is cheaper ;p

[euphoricism]

Just had the presentation on the survey. It sucked, but I'm a professional bullshitter so I probably pulled it off.

25% of our respondents owned a gun, and it was 50/50 whether they regularly carried it with them. Thats .25*.5 = 12% of college students are packing heat... careful out there.

It'd be really interesting to do this whole study again right now, just days after the VT tragedy. I wonder if the rates of who wants to own a gun would go up. I doubt it, honestly. I think everyone, through all the anger theyre experiencing right now, knows that deep down its just impossible to protect against this kind of tragedy. I dont think anyone really wants everyone in their classroom packing heat.

Oh rilla, I used you in my bullshitting. I might have made up some stuff about you. Youre now 6'4" army ranger and can shoot bullseyes at 1000 yards with a handgun, but were totally helpless because you cant carry a weapon on campus. I only lied a little.. youre like 6'2 right?

I used pokerfanatic too, but he doesnt read enough FTR to know why. (He told me right after the news broke that he wanted to buy a gun and i looked up the laws for him -- he can have a gun in his car on campus but not in the classrooms. Us doods in florida cant.)




Um.. other interesting things... 38% of people who do not own a handgun would feel safer if they did own one. 84% of people knew atleast one person who owned a handgun. 40% of people had been in a situation where they wished they had a handgun. Thats way higher than I thought it would be, but the phrase "a situation" is kind of vague. Might be a bunch of rabid dogs roaming the neighborhood or something.

It was 50/50 whether trigger locks should be required. Personally, i think its a very dumb idea. The people who are likely to follow that law are the households that almost *never* have an accident anyway. Essentially this question told me that more people are worried about YOU fucking up than THEM fucking up. Standard human ignorance, though.

[flomo]

good luck on your grade

[euphoricism]

Theres an argument on fark about whether the students in college should be allowed to carry...

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=2747035

interesting read, but you need to read through the people who are still very pissed off and want to kill everything that moves.

[euphoricism]

good luck on your grade

Thanks. My cellphone went off midsentence ... so there goes a couple points.

[Trikflow77]

My local range lets you rent a bunch and I fell in luf with the glock22 40 cal.. so... manly....

I actually went to a gun shop the other day and was holding some of them, and I really liked the feel of the G17 (same gun as G22 only in 9mm), but the G19 was a bit small in my hand and didn't feel quite as good. I take it you like the .40?

I have a glock 26 9mill and a smith simga 40 cal. You have to have a few guns in texas, its the law

[taipan168]

Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Japan = 0.05
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Australia = 2.65
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in the US = 14.24

We had our own version of the VT massacre back in 1996 when 35 people were shot by a madman with an assault rifle in Tasmania. The result was a ban on automatic and semi-automatic weapons. Gun deaths fell from about 500-600 per year to 300 today.

In several Asian countries (including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand) anybody convicted of committing a robbery or other crime with a firearm receives a mandatory death penalty.

[a500lbgorilla]

Oh rilla, I used you in my bullshitting. I might have made up some stuff about you. Youre now 6'4" army ranger and can shoot bullseyes at 1000 yards with a handgun, but were totally helpless because you cant carry a weapon on campus. I only lied a little.. youre like 6'2 right?

6'6" :P

[Rabid Dog]

In several Asian countries (including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand) anybody convicted of committing a robbery or other crime with a firearm receives a mandatory death penalty.

I totally would support this. As long as the evidence was solid.

[flomo]

Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Japan = 0.05
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Australia = 2.65
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in the US = 14.24

that's too low , i think we can do better

[sinky]

Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Japan = 0.05
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Australia = 2.65
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in the US = 14.24

In the 10 years since the Dunblane massacre in 1996 there have been only 60 firearm related homicides in Scotland.

[thizzSantaCruz]

In several Asian countries (including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand) anybody convicted of committing a robbery or other crime with a firearm receives a mandatory death penalty.

I totally would support this. As long as the evidence was solid.

wow, wow, wow. An attack using a gun is perceived wrong becasue no one should make the decision of weather someone lives or dies right? So why should the court system be able to decide if someone should lives or dies? The logic here does not make any sense at all to me.

[a500lbgorilla]

Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Japan = 0.05
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Australia = 2.65
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in the US = 14.24

In the 10 years since the Dunblane massacre in 1996 there have been only 60 firearm related homicides in Scotland.

America was founded on war. Those in a position to affect the direction of our nation chose to allow people to own fire-arms in case the government they were creating needed to be forcifully overthrown. To be a free society, the government can't have absolute power. Goverment must fear and respect it's citizens and we do this by allowing them the right to own firearms.

Whether or not it's applicable to todays society is another question. But I for one like the idea of goverments fearing its people and enjoy shooting for sport/fun.

[Pelion]

wow, wow, wow. An attack using a gun is perceived wrong becasue no one should make the decision of weather someone INNOCENT lives or dies right? So why should the court system be able to decide if someone should lives or dies? The logic here does not make any sense at all to me.

It should make more sense now.

[Lukie]

Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Japan = 0.05
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in Australia = 2.65
Gun deaths per 100,000 population in the US = 14.24

In the 10 years since the Dunblane massacre in 1996 there have been only 60 firearm related homicides in Scotland.

America was founded on war. Those in a position to affect the direction of our nation chose to allow people to own fire-arms in case the government they were creating needed to be forcifully overthrown. To be a free society, the government can't have absolute power. Goverment must fear and respect it's citizens and we do this by allowing them the right to own firearms.

Whether or not it's applicable to todays society is another question. But I for one like the idea of goverments fearing its people and enjoy shooting for sport/fun.

Agree wholeheartedly. Don't forget to mention the part about having the right to defend yourself, as police simply cannot be everywhere at once. I know it's a sensitive subject, but 30 of the 32 victims at VT were killed AFTER police arrived on the scene.

In my opinion, instead of comparing gun related or violent crimes in the U.S. to another country, it's better to look WITHIN the U.S. to compare. Places like Chicago and Washington DC, with very tight gun controls actually have very high crime rates. To look at it even closer, think about where all these massacres take place, schools, college campuses, hospitals, post offices, etc. They are always places where it's illegal to carry arms! Seriously, when is the last time a gun show got shot up? How about a shooting range or gun store? I've never heard of it. How do you think gun-related crime in Texas compares to New York?

beating a dead horse by this point...

[Rabid Dog]

A little off subject, but still a little on subject. A couple kids at my son's high school today wore shirts that read "I have the right to decide whether you live or die". Now just how stupid was that. You know they only did it because of the VT incedent. There parents must really be proud of them.

[DaNutsInYoEye]

A little off subject, but still a little on subject. A couple kids at my son's high school today wore shirts that read "I have the right to decide whether you live or die". Now just how stupid was that. You know they only did it because of the VT incedent. There parents must really be proud of them.

I hope their parents reminded them of that "they have the right to beat the shit out of them for acting like morons." Doubtful though considering that poor parenting and a lack of discipline likely contributed a lot to them pulling such an idiotic stunt.

[Lukie]

it's only an 'idiotic stunt' because you don't agree with the message

edit: i can't read, ignore this

[flomo]

it's only an 'idiotic stunt' because you don't agree with the message

lukie please read those posts again
i hope you misread the quote on the shirt

[Rabid Dog]

it's only an 'idiotic stunt' because you don't agree with the message

Surely you don't agree that those couple of high school kids have the right to decide if someone lives or dies? I'm guessing you misread the quote. Never the less, my wife and I decided to give our son a free day from school. Maybe a little too cautionary, but we decided it was better to be safe than sorry. Our son said there was cops standing on top of the school building observing as students let out for the day.

[Lukie]

errrr, yeah, that is pretty gross what it said. I read it as saying, "i have the right to decide whether I live or die", and even that I can see being a little sketchy. My bad.