Gun-owning parents are a subset of all gun owners, so not a dishonest poll.
I didn't say it was a dishonest poll. My problem is with the headline.
Its a simple matter of English comprehension and not accepting a tiny sample of a non-homogenous mixture as accurately representative of the entire material.
They did not say "nearly half of the people we polled" they said "nearly half of Chicago parents who own guns...."
Did they poll all the Chicago parents who own guns? No, they did not. They are stating their conclusion as fact, and it is not fact. SO that's my biggest problem, and why I find the headline dishonest.
Lets look at the numbers they give in the article. They said they surveyed 1505 parents. 22% said they had a gun, so that's 331. 89% of that 331 said they stored it at home, so that's 295 and 46% of them stored it loaded so that's 136 (rounded off).
That is less than 10% of the people surveyed.
Do you think it would be big news if they reported "Less than 10% of people surveyed store loaded guns at home!"
It is FACTUAL, to say that, based on the numbers they used. But it doesn't send the message they clearly want sent with the headline they chose to use.