# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/21 "2002-11-09T15:41:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Walloon \* > “D&C” is an abbreviation for the abortion procedure “dilation and cutelage”. [hijack] Not to be a pedant, but a D&C (dilation and curettage - I had to look it up) is also done for reasons other than abortion, specifically things like finding the cause of uterine bleeding or treating it, or diagnosis of uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or uterine or cervical cancer. Just trying to prevent any misconceptions about women who’ve had a D&C. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/22 "2002-11-09T15:50:14Z")
Another in the small camp of B and A folks. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/23 "2002-11-09T15:59:53Z")
C & C ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/24 "2002-11-09T16:28:19Z")
Count me in the B & A camp. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/25 "2002-11-09T17:12:45Z")
I’m Pro-Choice, so C & C. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/26 "2002-11-09T17:17:22Z")
Actually I think there should be fewer restrictions on guns, as nearly all guns are not used illegally last time I crunched the numbers. And I think the government should pay for abortions for those women who choose to have them but cannot afford them. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/27 "2002-11-09T17:38:32Z")
Predictably, I join **Bob Cos** and **beagledave** in the B&A camp. ---
**Author:** ![koawala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@koawala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koawala)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/28 "2002-11-09T18:19:23Z")
c & c ---
**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/29 "2002-11-09T18:54:51Z")
You’re right, **DeniseV**. Thanks for the correction. ---
**Author:** ![Rug\_Burn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rug\_Burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rug_Burn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/30 "2002-11-09T19:06:28Z")
Double D It’s not my body, so knock yourself out (or down I guess). I’m a law abiding (at least the important ones) citizen, keep your grubby hands off my guns. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/31 "2002-11-09T19:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by False\_God \* > **We need to arm as many fetuses as possible, so that these young Americans may enjoy the Constitutuonally mandated right that is gun ownership.** No, fetuses need to be armed so they can defend themselves against abortionists. Next time an abortionist gets shot, the fundies can say it was self defense! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/32 "2002-11-09T19:20:36Z")
On the subject of GUNS, do you support: B - New regulations which are significant but which fall well short of a ban, such as universal regisration or ballistic fingerprinting. **NOTE: As long as the right to own one is not infringed as a result, i.e., no restrictions on WHO is allowed to buy and register a firearm aside from those already in existence. And nothing that imposes unproven and possibly expensive or error-prone hardware requirements on firearms manufacturers.** On the subject of ABORTION, do you support: C - No further restrictions. \*\*NOTE: And the removal of several existing restrictions, AND some laws guaranteeing the availability of abortion services (universal coverage by insurance, including Medicaid, all OB/GYNs required to learn the procedures in order to practice, all hospitals receiving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement required to provide it or establish a local liaison to refer out for same). \*\* ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/33 "2002-11-09T20:09:56Z")
C & A ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/34 "2002-11-09T22:02:12Z")
D and D, too. I fail to see how a pile of gun laws will stop someone who will already choose to break the law, and I also fail to see how abortion can hurt someone else (avoiding the semantic argument of whether or not a fetus is a “person” or a “thing”). ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/35 "2002-11-09T22:02:45Z")
B and C, here. And it makes me feel good to see so many C’s (and D’s) to the second question. It can be soo frustrating living surrounded by closed-minded conservatives. (not that all conservatives are closed-minded, but the ones I keep being confronted by are). Darn small-town Pennsylvania… ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/36 "2002-11-09T22:57:45Z")
AC ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/37 "2002-11-09T22:59:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AntaresJB \* > \*\*B and C, here. > And it makes me feel good to see so many C’s (and D’s) to the second question. It can be soo frustrating living surrounded by closed-minded conservatives… \*\* Well. That didn’t take long, did it? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/38 "2002-11-09T23:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AntaresJB \* > \*\*(not that all conservatives are closed-minded, but the ones I keep being confronted by are). Darn small-town Pennsylvania… \*\* except you left off this part, **beagledave**. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/39 "2002-11-10T00:49:08Z")
Double B for me. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976/40 "2002-11-10T00:50:41Z")
C & C There sould be no restrictions on either. Let alone more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-guns-and-abortion/135976.md?page=3)