AOL Poll: AW Ban, Vote Now!

[Lambo]

Here we go again
Poll Results:
A police chiefs' group is pushing for a ban on assault weapons. Your reaction?
I favor a ban 54% 7,051
I oppose a ban 41% 5,347
Not sure 4% 584
Total Votes: 12,982

http://news.aol.com/nation

[RocketFoot]

Wow...we're taken a beating on this poll! Go there and vote, people!

[Lambo]

Wow...were taken a beating on this poll! Go there and vote, people!

I just found it 1/2 hour ago, I would think that many have no awareness of its existence! Once they do the numbers will turn in our favor (OPPOSED). By all means pass this on Folks!

[RocketFoot]

Poll has been moved to the second page...

http://news.aol.com/nation?ascAI=5&skip=1

[Roscoe]

Done damn a'holes

[RocketFoot]

We're catching up! Vote!!

A police chiefs' group is pushing for a ban on assault weapons. Your reaction?
I favor a ban
50% 7,271
I oppose a ban
46% 6,635
Not sure
4% 598

[Agent Smith]

I favor a ban 48%
I oppose a ban 48%
Not sure 4%

Total Votes: 15,125

[markheck1]

I favor a ban
48% 7,331
I oppose a ban
48% 7,312
Not sure
4% 601

[GRoPA]

Poll Results
A police chiefs' group is pushing for a ban on assault weapons. Your reaction?
I oppose a ban 49% 7,573
I favor a ban 47% 7,348
Not sure 4% 602

[KeithPA]

I saw the Miami Police Chief on FoxNews this afternoon.

He was calling for a AWB ban. But he was calling for it on the national level, which tells me he definitely doesn't have support for even a statewide one in FL.

I'm curious about some of these crimes they allege happen with AKs/ARs.

The rising number of deaths by assault weapons reflects growing availability of the weapons and their elevation to a status symbol among gang members, said Carlos Baixauli, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"In the early '80s to '90s, it was more common to have a handgun in your waistband and the bigger the caliber, the more powerful you were," Baixauli said. "Now it's escalated to the assault weapons."

Another issue potentially at play is the 2004 expiration of the federal assault weapons ban, 10 years after its passage. The legislation outlawed 19 types of guns, including the semiautomatic AK-47.

The guns are readily available on streets, Baixauli said, or can be ordered by mail for under $200.