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Fox News poll: Why yes, most Americans would like a gun when there’s a manhunt going on outside
Hot Air ^ | April 24, 2013 | Erika Johnsen

Posted on 04/24/2013 12:47:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Well, get a load of this. On Sunday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein appeared on Fox News to discuss last week’s attack in Boston and terrorism in general, and Chris Wallace wondered whether the people in locked-down Boston last week, with concerns that “this fellow might be on the loose, might break into their house, might take hostages — would people like to have had guns?” “Oh, some may have, yes,” replied Feinstein.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

But it isn’t just “some” Americans who would be partial to having the means to defend themselves from violent criminals on the loose in their neighborhood; as it turns out, a large majority of them do, including half of the people in even non-gun-owning households.

If you were in that situation, would you want a gun at your side?

Most American voters say yes, according to a new Fox News poll.

Sixty-nine percent say if they were in a situation similar to Bostonians, they would want a gun in their house.

That includes a large 88-percent majority of those in gun-owner households, as well as 50 percent of those in non-gun homes. …

In general, more voters think protecting the constitutional right to own a gun is a higher priority than protecting citizens from gun violence (53-42 percent). That’s mostly unchanged since January, when it was 51-40 percent.

But Feinstein went on: “Oh, some may have, yes, but if where you’re going is, do they need an assault weapon, I don’t think so. …

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2013polls; banglist; boston; bostonmassacre; feinstein; guncontrol; hotairisrightsnort; polls; rtkba; secondamendment; terrorism
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"The Chechins are coming! The Chechins are coming!"

If the police tried to keep these folks in doors or they tried to pull this crap in Cape Cod 50 years ago they would have faced this neighborhood!

"Emergency, Everybody to get from street"

21 posted on 04/24/2013 3:46:32 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: Mat_Helm

We are screwed since we thinkers are outnumbered.

see the movie Idiocracy. They should rename it America 2012


22 posted on 04/24/2013 4:55:01 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (0bama is a POS, with all due respect to excrement.)
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To: onyx

Fantastic graphic onyx. Thanks!


23 posted on 04/24/2013 10:12:35 PM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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