Poll Question, Would Petition Help

Bravo25 · July 9, 2005, 10:12 AM

I was wondering if anyone thinks a petition to pass federal legislation for open carry would produce any favorable results?

dev_null · July 9, 2005, 10:34 AM

Petitions have an almost negligible effect on politics, unless they are obtained door-to-door and have real signatures. Web polls, email trees, form letter emails, etc., have practically no effect at all. In order of effectiveness:

1. In-person visit from a voting constituent.
2. Letter sent by the writer, via USPS or other physical means.
3. Phone calls.
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4. Emails
5. Online Petitions, form letters, postpaid cards, etc.

Of course, if #1 is done by someone who contributes large sums of money to that legislator's campaign, the effectiveness goes up in proportion to the amount of money. };->

View Poll Results: Would a position produce any favorable results for a Federal Open Carry Law
Yes	0	0%
No	11	100.00%
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July 9, 2005, 10:34 AM	#2
dev_null Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2002 Location: Austin TX Posts: 615	Petitions have an almost negligible effect on politics, unless they are obtained door-to-door and have real signatures. Web polls, email trees, form letter emails, etc., have practically no effect at all. In order of effectiveness: 1. In-person visit from a voting constituent. 2. Letter sent by the writer, via USPS or other physical means. 3. Phone calls. ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Emails 5. Online Petitions, form letters, postpaid cards, etc. Of course, if #1 is done by someone who contributes large sums of money to that legislator's campaign, the effectiveness goes up in proportion to the amount of money. };-> __________________ The plural of anecdote is NOT "data."

July 9, 2005, 10:12 AM	#1
Bravo25 Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 432	Poll Question, Would Petition Help I was wondering if anyone thinks a petition to pass federal legislation for open carry would produce any favorable results? __________________ If more laws restricting our rights will make us free from harm, why aren't we safe yet? We are only less free. When faced with impossible overwhelming odds, prudance would dictate the only thing left is to figure out what is possible, and to do it. Punishment for all crimes should increase until the recitivism rate approaches zero.