61% said they wouldn't fire. 26% said they would. 12% had no opinion.K.Mooneyham wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:04 amI was in the USAF during that time. I vaguely remember hearing about that survey. Do you have any info about the results of that survey, by chance?eyedoc wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:19 am A survey that Lt. Cmd. Ernest Guy Cunningham gave on May 10, 1994 at 29 Palms Naval Base in California.
https://www.29palmssurvey.com/survey.html
46. The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale, transportation, and transfer of all non-sporting firearms. A thirty (30) day amnesty period is permitted for these fireamis to be turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of citizen groups refuse to tum over their firearms. Consider the following statement:
I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government
(_____) (____) (_____) (______) (____)
Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree No opinion
The survey was taken of 300 active duty Marines. According to this article, on the above question, 42.3 percent strongly disagreed with this statement; 19.3 percent disagreed; 18.6 percent agreed; 7.6 percent strongly agreed; and 12.0 percent had no opinion. It would be interesting to see the results from a survey of Army or National Guard personnel. A repeat might be useful, too: this was done 27 years ago.
http://jpfo.org/articles-assd/29palms-mcmanus.htm