re: #532 Kragar

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The Monmouth University poll found that 50 percent of NRA members disapprove of how the grieving students have handled themselves in the media. Sixty-five percent say the students from Parkland, Fla., are not effective advocates, and 61 percent believe they are being manipulated by outside groups rather than expressing their own beliefs.

The views of the NRA members are tougher on the students than those of self-identified gun owners. Forty-eight percent of gun owners say the students are effective advocates, and 53 percent approve of how they are handling themselves in the media.

The students are seen favorably when the survey includes both gun owners and people who do not own guns.

Sixty-two percent over all say the students are effective advocates for gun control, with just 28 percent saying they are not effective. Fifty-seven percent say the students are having more impact than past victims of mass shootings.

Translation: NRA members think victims are the ones being manipulated, when a poll of non-NRA members show the exact opposite is true.