Poll: Americans fear guns over terrorism by large margin

[kpete]

Poll: Americans fear guns over terrorism by large margin
Voters nearly two times more concerned about being a victim of gun violence than terrorism

Overall, 63 percent of registered votes say they’re more worried that they or someone they know will be a victim of gun violence, while 29 percent more fear that they or a friend will fall prey to a terrorist attack.

Democrats and independents lean heavily toward gun violence as the bigger threat, a sentiment reflected in the party’s push for stricter gun laws in the wake of mass shootings this year in Charleston, S.C., Rosenburg, Ore., and Lafayette, La.

Democrats fear guns over terrorism by 77-15 percent. Independents fear gun violence over terrorism by 64-28 percent.

Republicans edge toward terrorism as the bigger threat, but only narrowly, by 50-45 percent over a fear of gun violence.

African-American voters have the biggest concern about guns: 71 percent say they’re worried about being a victim of gun violence and only 13 percent are afraid of being caught in a terrorist attack.


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Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article43846755.html#storylink=cpy

[antigop]

1. so...we need MORE guns! Yeah, that's the solution! nt

[Electric Monk]

2. Further evidence that Republicans (and conservatives) aren't reality based

[hack89]

3. "Democrats rank their priorities: income inequality, jobs and economic growth."

those are the issues that will win the election.

[LonePirate]

4. Statistically, it is not even close which of the two is more likely to affect the average American

Yet once again, the Repub Party continues its disinformation campaign in order to keep its base uninformed about the reality of life in America. It's a shame that many Dems are similarly misinformed.

[Lizzie Poppet]

5. True. But BOTH are rather remote.

Extremely remote for the majority of Americans, in fact...

[Eleanors38]

6. About as remote as NOT finding a gun post in GD.

[Logical]

7. Or finding a someone whining about it. Nt

[Eleanors38]

8. Well, Mr. Echo, let's post Gunz all the time, Okay? You agree?

Will you back that? Hey, I'll join with you to change GD back to Gunz all the time. That will end the complaining from BOTH of us. Take it up in ATA. You can use me as a source. Meanwhile, bidness as usual.

[LanternWaste]

11. I imagine its extreme remoteness is precious salt for the wounds of its victims.

I imagine its extreme remoteness is precious salt for the wounds of its victims.

[hunter]

9. The overseas terrorists are never going to notice my own very high death-rate-by-guns community.

But the drug gangsters and officially sanctioned anti-drug gangsters sure as hell have.

It's a major cottage industry here, with plenty of protected side-jobs on both sides of the prison bars, in this sordid nation's prison-industrial-complex.

Wrapping up cell phones and other contraband in a knotted condom, to insert in some very personal orifice for delivery, is always a bad business plan.

[ileus]

10. Guns are scary...