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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dale00" data-source="post: 3001720" data-attributes="member: 688">A <a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/americas-complex-relationship-with-guns/" target="_blank">new PEW Research study</a> has just been released. IMO it is a good example of how social science research can skew the true picture: two thirds of the respondents in the study were not gun owners.  To draw an analogy, how valuable are the opinions of non-drivers about automobiles? ("I watch movies about car chases and racing so I have an "informed" opinion about cars and car ownership"). The ability of non-gun owners to accurately understand the issues and the terms used (e.g. background check) is highly questionable.Thank goodness the right to keep and bear arms is a basic human right and not subject to what some social scientist wrongly discerns or what the majority "feels". What uninformed people feel can change from day to day depending on the latest media propaganda.I fail to see the value of this study - but feel obliged to raise the alarm about it and similar efforts. They show more than a little wrong-headedness.Given all those reservations, here is a sample of the findings:[ATTACH=full]102604[/ATTACH]</blockquote>