# Poll: Guns and Abortion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976 "2002-11-09T03:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/1 "2002-11-09T03:00:20Z")
There’s an interesting juxtaposition between these two hottest-button issues, so I’d like to see how people respond when they’re placed side-by-side. On the subject of GUNS, do you support: A - A total or near-total ban on guns including conifiscation. B - New regulations which are significant but which fall well short of a ban, such as universal regisration or ballistic fingerprinting. C - No further regulations. On the subject of ABORTION, do you support: A - A ban on abortion with or without exeptions such as for rape, etc. B - Further restrictions such as those currently being debated, i.e. on ‘partial birth’ abortion etc., but no ban. C - No further restrictions. I’ll reveal my own positions in a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/2 "2002-11-09T03:57:01Z")
I’ll bite…B for both. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/3 "2002-11-09T04:13:26Z")
We need to arm as many fetuses as possible, so that these young Americans may enjoy the Constitutuonally mandated right that is gun ownership. Or arm bears, or something. Seriously, though–C on both. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/4 "2002-11-09T04:16:45Z")
C and C. Good thing you didn’t offer a D and C option, it would be a bit ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/5 "2002-11-09T04:48:55Z")
A and C. What would be ironic about a D and C option? ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/6 "2002-11-09T05:12:58Z")
B and C. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/7 "2002-11-09T05:16:52Z")
bc ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/8 "2002-11-09T05:56:15Z")
BC ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/9 "2002-11-09T06:05:58Z")
C and C. Respect my right to bear arms and I respect your right to an abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/10 "2002-11-09T06:11:51Z")
I fail to see how the two issues are related, or what putting them side by side is going to demonstrate. anyway, bc. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/11 "2002-11-09T06:53:00Z")
B C ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/12 "2002-11-09T07:14:19Z")
Two sides of the same coin [http://www.theonion.com/onion3534/oped\_abortion.html](http://www.theonion.com/onion3534/oped_abortion.html) Oh, and C, C for me. Really, you ought to have options D and E, as well D: Fewer restrictions than there currently are, but still some govermental control. E: No restrictions whatsoever. In which case my answers both change to D. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/13 "2002-11-09T07:48:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*What would be ironic about a D and C option? \*\* “D&C” is an abbreviation for the abortion procedure “dilation and cutelage”. B and A for me, the exceptions being to protect the life of the mother or in the case of rape. I’m guessing you’re fishing for some irony. Others like to juxtapose opinions on the death penalty with opinions on abortion, hoping for hypocrisy. But actually, those who are against abortion are also [more likely](http://www.lifeissues.org/radio/r1997/lr1586.html) to oppose capital punishment too. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/14 "2002-11-09T07:53:21Z")
Abortion is every woman’s choice. And while I’m not an NRA member or something like that, I do think our existing gun laws are pretty good. We just need to enforce them better. If you want a gun, fine. Let’s just be reasonably sure you aren’t a felon or nuts. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/15 "2002-11-09T13:53:41Z")
c c unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/16 "2002-11-09T14:00:37Z")
B & C. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/17 "2002-11-09T14:36:36Z")
D&D. Fewer restrictions on both. I am the pro-choice, anti-drugwar, anti-gun control Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/18 "2002-11-09T15:14:22Z")
B & C ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/19 "2002-11-09T15:35:13Z")
A and C ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/20 "2002-11-09T15:39:10Z")
I agree with Eleusis, in my home state of Maryland we just elected a Republican governor for the first time in 40 years. He is a pro choice, pro gun rights moderate. Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country and Baltimore has one of the highest rates of violent crime so I hope that with a reduction in the gun laws (as he has promised to do) the level of violent crime will also go down. This has happened elsewhere in the country, linke Florida, PA and OK. So my choice is D&D [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976.md?page=2)