WS: I agree that with any poll the wording of the question often dictates the answer to the question. If the question was asked the way you posed it (walking down Main Street, etc.) no doubt you would get the rousing "no" you suggest.

If the question was asked, "Would you favor repel of the Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights," I'm not certain what answer you would get. I'm not convinced that many people who know what the Second Amendment guarantees.

But were you to ask, "do you believe that you have a right to bear arms as guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States?" I suspect you would get a rousing yes! I do think, however, that you would receive more "no's" from people residing in the states Al Gore carried in the last election, than from those living in the states Bush carried.

I have no problem myself with folks having to obtain a special permit to own machine guns, and I wouldn't favor anyone owning a nuclear bomb (especially Kendall).

DougR