TV News Poll Guns-Campuses

[RPB]

Online Poll
Big legislative debate in Austin over legal firearms on state college properties. What's your opinion? Should guns be allowed on campus?
Yes. Every student should have right to carry a gun.
No. That will bring more violence on campus.
On teachers and staff, not students.
I don't know.

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Yes. Every student should have right to carry a gun.
22%
No. That will bring more violence on campus.
59%
On teachers and staff, not students.
18%
I don't know.

[CJD]

Wow...that's what statisticians would call LEADING QUESTION BIAS

[RPB]

Wow...that's what statisticians would call LEADING QUESTION BIAS

I E-mailed the news editor of that Station about that.

[TexDotCom]

I don't recall the bills currently in consideration wanting to open CC on campus premises to "every student". There seems to be an attempt to skew the results with this poll. Either that or someone didn't do their research. (or both?) Why oh why is it so hard to get it right!

[Jasonw560]

I don't recall the bills currently in consideration wanting to open CC on campus premises to "every student". There seems to be an attempt to skew the results with this poll. Either that or someone didn't do their research. (or both?) Why oh why is it so hard to get it right!

Because getting it right would be counter-productive to their collectivist agenda.

[RPB]

I wish the legislators KNEW the biased wording in these so-called polls ... all they hear/see is all the polls are against it, student governments voted against it ... blah blah blah

[Jasonw560]

maybe they should be referred here.

[tacticool]

I don't recall the bills currently in consideration wanting to open CC on campus premises to "every student". There seems to be an attempt to skew the results with this poll. Either that or someone didn't do their research. (or both?) Why oh why is it so hard to get it right!

Because getting it right would be counter-productive to their collectivist agenda.

It would be as honest to word the poll like this:

Online Poll
Big legislative debate in Austin over legal firearms on state college properties. What's your opinion? Should guns be allowed on campus?

• Yes. Every student should have right to carry a gun.
• Only Whites and Asians, not Hispanics.
• I don't know.