Survey Results: Not what I expected?

            When it comes to my survey I feel that the majority of my target population will be against gun control. In fact one of the questions asks how you feel about recent gun control debates. This question is where the survey taker can freely state his or hers own opinion on the mater. Another question asks at what age you believe you are old enough to own a gun. My targets will more than likely feel that you should be able to receive a gun at 15 the very least 16.

            My target audience is mainly southern teens and adults. The reason for the south rather than other regions is due to the fact that we hunt and do more involving guns down here so we will be affected more.  According to my pilot testing the majority my target are against gun control laws. I find these results very trust worthy and reliable. I know this because these are respondents that are not influenced by me. Plus due to the fact that these questions were not biased at all. They were solely unbiased because they did sway the respondent towards a specific answer.  

  

 

 

 

 

 

Demographic: Do you own a firearm?	Question: Do you believe there should be a ban on assault rifles?	Trend
Yes (11) No (22)	13(Mix of those who own and don’t own) 19 (Mix of those who own and don’t own)	I have noticed that the majority of people who answered no are gun owns while a few are not.
Demographic: Do you own a firearm?	Question: President Obama’s gun control proposal states no gun will have a clip of more than 10 rounds of ammunition?	Trend
Yes/Agree No/Disagree	18 (mix of those who own and don’t) 14 (mix of those who own and don’t)	I have noticed something that actually surprised me that a large portion of the people who disagree with President Obama are people who don’t own a firearm.
Demographic: Do you own a firearm?	Question: Do you think President Obama is right on how he is handling the crisis called guns?	Trend
Yes No	10 (mix of those who own and don’t) 23(mix of those who own and don’t)	I have not found a trend with this except that I kind of figured that my respondents would be against President Obama.

            While looking at the data collected I have found that people do care about gun control. In fact looking at the survey very few even own a gun but still feel that something needs to be done whether it is to do away with guns or to protect our 2^nd Amendment right. One of the questions I asked was do you think President Obama is right on how he is handling the crisis call the gun? More people stated that they did not feel he was doing the right thing, 63% (10) of the surveys to be exact. While a mere but surprising 37% (6) said he was doing the right thing. I also asked the public what they think about recent gun control debates. The majority of the respondents have stated that they feel the debates are either pointless or at a stalemate. 73% of the respondents either find them intense or stupid, while on the other 27% of the respondents find them to be heading in the right direction towards the total ban of firearms. On one hand though I asked a question do you believe there should be a ban on assault rifles? Even though it was close still more people answered that there should not be a ban on assault rifles. 53% of the respondents answered no to the ban while 47% said yes to the ban.

            The answers I received from the survey has supported one of my hypotheses but disproved the other. My main hypothesis was that the respondents would dislike gun control. That answer came from the two questions do you think President Obama is right on how he is handling the crisis called the gun, and what do you think about recent gun control debates. According to the data collected my target respondents disliked or stated that recent gun control debates were stupid and did not feel President Obama was right on how he was handling things. My second hypothesis was that the respondents would more than likely say at 15 or 16 years old you should be able to own a firearm. That hypothesis was disproved though due to the targets feeling someone is more mature at the age or 18 rather than 16.

            Now that I have this data from my research and surveys I can honestly say this is a topic I can move forward with. I would like now to find out other peoples opinion on how they think we can get past these ugly debates and find a common ground on the matter. I believe I am heading in the right path to finding the answers I need and with that said I will continue using my research questions with no alterations. The main reason for me not changing my research questions is, as I said before, I am on the right path to finding the answers I need but I also think that these questions cover everything I need to find out about my topic. I also believe that I could not think of any better questions.