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WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:13 pm
by pbwalker
People who are certified to carry a gun can bypass the metal detectors set up at the state capitol in Austin. What do you think of this procedure?
Vote Here:
http://www.woai.com/home.aspx
The poll is on the home page. In the right column, down just a little.
Article:
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Gu ... zC9HQ.cspx
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:35 pm
by Pawpaw
We need everyone to vote in this poll.
So far, we're loosing badly.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:46 pm
by LJM
I voted.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:51 pm
by RocTrac
just posted my vote and yes we are way behind.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:55 pm
by JNMAR
voted and sent link to family and friends to ask them to vote.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:42 pm
by 9mmfan
I voted. Interesting that it is a simple "Agree with it" vs. "It's ludicrous." Seeming slant there, guess I shouldn't be surprised......
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:55 pm
by C-dub
I voted. 65% to 35% against. I bet they're all jealous and that's why they're voting against.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:56 pm
by TXlaw1
9mmfan wrote:I voted. Interesting that it is a simple "Agree with it" vs. "It's ludicrous." Seeming slant there, guess I shouldn't be surprised......
I voted too.
Slanted? Sure!! But what should we expect from the mainspin media but slanting of the poll - as they do most often with their polls. No surprise.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:22 pm
by atxgun
I would find it hilariously awesome if so many lobbyists, lawyers and journalists that signed up for this "express lane" such that it becomes the bottleneck.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:42 am
by Zoomie
Good chance this has already been posted, but there was an article about this on Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/19/gu ... s-capitol/
Sounds like the lobbyists are lining up.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:09 am
by jester
If lobbyists and other repeat visitors to the Capitol are getting a CHL to bypass lines of school kids and other tourists, that points to a problem with the school kid line, not a problem with the CHL line.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:26 am
by mgood
Evidently you can vote once a day. So vote early, vote often.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:39 am
by Pete92FS
I voted.
38.4 FOR
61.6 AGAINST
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:46 am
by The Annoyed Man
9mmfan wrote:I voted. Interesting that it is a simple "Agree with it" vs. "It's ludicrous." Seeming slant there, guess I shouldn't be surprised......
Beat me to it. An
impartial poll would have used "Do not agree with it" as the alternative.
Re: WOAI: Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:02 am
by The Annoyed Man
The Annoyed Man wrote:9mmfan wrote:I voted. Interesting that it is a simple "Agree with it" vs. "It's ludicrous." Seeming slant there, guess I shouldn't be surprised......
Beat me to it. An
impartial poll would have used "Do not agree with it" as the alternative.
In fact, I just sent the following email to WOAI.com Comments/Complaints:
CyberBob
How about an attempt at impartial journalism?
You have a poll on your front page right now asking what viewers think of the idea of CHL holders having a separate line so as to bypass the metal detectors when entering the Capitol. Here is how you have worded the alternative answers:
- Agree with it
It's ludicrous
The second answer shows an editorial bias on the issue and thus your polling results are skewed and not to be taken as valid. The possible answers which would have been impartial are:
- Agree with it
Do not agree with it
...or alternatively:
- Hooray! I agree!
It's ludicrous!
Tell whomever put this shoddy piece of work on your front page to put on his or her big boy pants and start acting like a journalist rather than an advocate, or risk going the way of the other leftist media who wear their bias on their sleeves and are struggling financially as a result. Have you checked MSNBC's ratings lately? That's where you're headed if you don't grow up.
Sheesh,
The Annoyed Man
Grapevine, Texas