Most people think increasing police presence in school and better mental health services would be the most effective. The spin from our opponents is going to be that 63% of those polled thought banning semi-automatic firearms would be effective, ignoring the fact that arming teachers and principals is a point ahead at 64% if they want to look at it that way. Banning semi-automatic firearms also has the second highest negative opinion, behind only news media refusing to print or read the names of the person responsible.
(If I owe someone a h/t for this, I’m sorry, I forgot to note my source on this.)
I tweeted it an hour ago? You and Bitter never have to hat tip me ever if it was me anyway!
Keep up the good work.
I get 63% for a ban and 64% for arming teachers. It jumps to 64% ban 66% armed if you add in no opinion.
What did I miss?
You’re right. I’ve corrected the total.
So much for “the culture is not there”. :D
Yeah, I might be wrong about that. I’d like to be wrong. But I still think the issue needs to be framed the right way. The way the poll question was asked, a lot of people could be thinking armed security guard, rather than armed teacher or school administrator.
Framing if the basic problem of all politics.
I for one oppose using the tragedy to market solutions, but if we are absolutely pushed to ive a reply on what should be done, a polite argument for endin GFZs is the right thing.
I think by the end of this fight we’ll see laws in 1-2 states that’d make it legal for licensed carriers to be armed in GFZs.
Exactly- politics is all about framing. And if people are demanding a solution, we need to give them one that works for us. I think the culture can be there. I posted in the other thread that it needs to work like CCW- start in one or two states, get it passed, see that it doesn’t match the hysteria, move to the next state.