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Wall Street Journal poll on open carry - keep hitting it! **And fwd the link**

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704508904575192162324152350.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

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Do you support open-carry handgun laws?

Members of gun-rights groups such as Opencarry.org are dedicated to openly carrying handguns in public in the 43 states where doing so is legal. Many in the gun-rights community are critical of the National Rifle Association for not being aggressive enough in enforcing this right.

What do you think? Should weapons be openly displayed if desired by gun-owners?
 
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Seems not to be working. 'Won't show results. Maybe the results they got weren't the ones expected.
 
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OPEN CARRY

Yes-660 votes, 62.6%

No-394 voter, 37.4%

Considering that it always seems that 30% of the population votes dem, thinks the O is doing a great job, supports the HC bill, and thinks the country is headed in the right direction, this is probably correct. 30% dem, 70% American.
 
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Well.....Just what is the exact meaning? Do I support open carry laws? No. Is yes a good answer....or no?

I support NO laws. How should that one be answered? I haven't voted yet. :shock:
 
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Tricky question, I put yes I think that is the proper answer. But looking at that question what kind of laws? Bans? Restrictions? Technically I would say no, but I support the right to do so.
 
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Nearly 2 to 1 for open carry of firearms. The question is: "What do you think? Should weapons be openly displayed if desired by gun-owners?"

The respondants overwhelmingly support not just the carrying of firearms, but the OPEN carrying of firearms!

That's saying a lot!
 
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I don't understand the question of the poll, I read it two ways. 1 do you support open carry laws, as in laws regulating open carry, or 2 laws allowing open carry, I'm confused, so I did not vote.
 
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Pagan wrote:
I don't understand the question of the poll, I read it two ways. 1 do you support open carry laws, as in laws regulating open carry, or 2 laws allowing open carry, I'm confused, so I did not vote.
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Oh come on - the phrase refers to the law of open carry, i.e., allowing it.
 
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Mike wrote:
Pagan wrote:
I don't understand the question of the poll, I read it two ways. 1 do you support open carry laws, as in laws regulating open carry, or 2 laws allowing open carry, I'm confused, so I did not vote.
Click to expand...
Oh come on - the phrase refers to the law of open carry, i.e., allowing it.
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That's what I figured and voted yes, but I am with Pagan on this it is very poorly worded.
 
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Actually, it is plainly worded. However, we parse stuff so much these days, that plain wording baffles us.

Of course, the title an an anti-open carry bill is likely to be "A Bill to Protect our Children's Lives and Health from Undue Threats to their Collective Safety."
 
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