From best-rkba@mainstream.com Thu Jun 2 05:10:47 1994 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.5) with ESMTP id FAA11936 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 1994 05:10:46 -0700 Received: from n8ino.mainstream.com (n8ino.mainstream.com [192.231.143.2]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.5) with ESMTP id FAA20440 for ; Thu, 2 Jun 1994 05:10:35 -0700 Received: from (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by n8ino.mainstream.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id HAA26872; Thu, 2 Jun 1994 07:29:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 07:29:50 -0400 Message-Id: <199406021129.HAA26872@n8ino.mainstream.com> Errors-To: zaharee@rusure.enet.dec.com Reply-To: best-rkba@Mainstream.com Originator: best-rkba@mainstream.com Sender: best-rkba@Mainstream.com Precedence: bulk From: best-rkba@Mainstream.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: BEST-RKBA digest 67 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0b -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Right to Keep and Bear Arms "Best of" list Status: RO Contents: Wayne LaPierre on USA TODAY gun poll (alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 20:27:51 -0400 From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts) To: best-rkba@mainstream.com, press-release@gatekeeper.nra.org Subject: Wayne LaPierre on USA TODAY gun poll Message-ID: <9406020027.AA05930@gatekeeper.nra.org> June 1, 1994 I recently had the opportunity to look over the complete results on the gun survey conducted by the Gallup organization from Dec. 17-21, 1993, for USA TODAY ("Gun owners back controls," Dec. 30 -Jan. 2, News). I am curious why USA TODAY did not print complete results which would have provided a more balanced view of guns. For instance, why didn't you mention that while 67% of respondents agreed there should be more gun control laws, the number actually decreased when compared with results from a September 1990 Gallup survey? That survey showed 78% of Americans agreed there should be more gun laws. Why didn't you mention that in a span of three years support for more gun laws fell by 13%? Better still, why not report that the number of people who think there should be less gun-control laws increased from 19% to 32% in a span of three years? The trend analysis indicates to me that, for the more relevant past decade, not only is there no new groundswell for gun control but support for such measures is in decline. On the front page, you were quick to point out that 80% of gun owners oppose a handgun ban and only half of non-gun owners oppose such a ban. Why not report that 60% of all respondents oppose a ban on handguns? While appearing to be balanced and objective in your series on guns, you achieved neither. Your selective use of polling results leads me to believe you have no interest in focusing on the true cause of the problem with crime in America - the criminals. I can only assume that USA TODAY`s decision not to publish complete poll results was an attempt to manage rather than report the news. Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President National Rifle Assoc., Fairfax, Va. ------------------------------ End of BEST-RKBA Digest 67 **************************