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QUARTER of Americans say they are ready to take up arms against the government: Poll also finds that more than a third of those currently own guns
Daily Mail ^ | 07/01/2022 | ALEX OLIVEIRA

Posted on 07/01/2022 10:36:49 AM PDT by LibertyWoman

More than quarter of Americans - 28 per cent - said that it might 'soon be necessary to take up arms' against the US government, according to a new poll released Thursday.

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The survey, which polled a pool of 1,000 US voters, was conducted by the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics in May.

The poll revealed deep divides between Americans of differing viewpoints, with nearly identical percentages of Republicans and Democrats (73 and 74 per cent) saying that the other side 'are generally bullies who want to impose their political beliefs on those who disagree.'

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The survey found that overall, 49 per cent of Americans agreed that they 'more and more feel like a stranger in my own country.'

The breakdown in the political leanings of those who felt that sentiment was characteristic of the rest of the survey - 69 per cent of voters who identified as 'very conservative' expressed it, while only 38 per cent of self-identified 'strong democrats' did.

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One third of Republicans polled held the belief that armed resistance to the government may soon be necessary, while 35 percent of independent voters felt that way, and 20 percent of Democrats.

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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/01/2022 10:36:49 AM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: LibertyWoman

Probably a good idea not to have your name attached to any of these ‘polls’ regardless of how you feel 🤪


2 posted on 07/01/2022 10:38:15 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: NWFree

I have no guns. They were all lost in that tragic boating accident.


3 posted on 07/01/2022 10:39:10 AM PDT by PGR88 (<i>)
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To: LibertyWoman

More commentary here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4075277/posts

🤔😂✌


4 posted on 07/01/2022 10:39:51 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: NWFree

I’m surprised the number of Republican leaning voters isn’t closer to like 70%.


5 posted on 07/01/2022 10:39:57 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: rktman

ummm that was from last night. ;)


6 posted on 07/01/2022 10:43:27 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: MachIV

It will be more by end of year, as gas prices continue to skyrocket, and store shelves are empty because there’s no more food due to the high gas prices.


7 posted on 07/01/2022 10:43:46 AM PDT by quikstrike98
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To: MachIV

That’s probably because..at least.. 45% of them are smart enough not to answer such a poll?


8 posted on 07/01/2022 10:44:31 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: MachIV

i think you know the answer to that

my response would be “get off the phone, you dope”


9 posted on 07/01/2022 10:45:30 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: PGR88

Same here. What I am surprised about is that 25% would admit to being willing to taking up arms against the unlawful government. Especially, knowing that the NSA has totally violated the idea of being secure in your person or papers. And that independent thinking is now considered
dangerous.


10 posted on 07/01/2022 10:46:05 AM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: LibertyWoman
I say this is a fraudulent report. No sane person is going to tell an anonymous telephone caller or website that they are ready to violently overthrow the government.

This is disinformation fabricated to justify more oppressive measures by the left.

11 posted on 07/01/2022 10:47:21 AM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: LibertyWoman

Translation:

Out of the 1000 people we asked, 280 were dumb enough to answer the question and not simply hang up the phone or lie.

Think about that.


12 posted on 07/01/2022 10:48:11 AM PDT by jimjohn (We're at war, people. Start acting like it.)
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To: LibertyWoman

“The survey found that overall, 49 per cent of Americans agreed that they ‘more and more feel like a stranger in my own country.’”

I don’t feel like a stranger in my own country. I feel like the people ruling my country are strangers in my own country.


13 posted on 07/01/2022 10:48:57 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: LibertyWoman

Democrats are only at 20% because most of them know the Deep State is in their pocket. The real question for them is “Do you think the Government will need to take up arms against to eliminate citizens who hold unacceptable viewpoints.”


14 posted on 07/01/2022 10:49:19 AM PDT by The Unknown Republican
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To: LibertyWoman

Help me remember history. What percent of the American people fought for and won our Independence?

How many were for the British.

How many didn’t care?


15 posted on 07/01/2022 10:52:34 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MachIV

I was thinking just the opposite. I remember all the Dems who rioted in 2017-2020 all over the country.

I went shooting with a family member in about 2019 at a big local range, and while I didn’t ask most of the people appeared very radical left who were there (wearing black, young, scruffy etc). basically they looked like the BlmTifa crowds.


16 posted on 07/01/2022 10:53:17 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: PeterPrinciple

about the same as this poll ...


17 posted on 07/01/2022 10:53:34 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: LibertyWoman

Shut off the EBT cards and that’ll jump to 90% in less than a week.


18 posted on 07/01/2022 10:54:00 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: LibertyWoman

I round file any request for a poll. I notice said polls are barcoded with my name on them!


19 posted on 07/01/2022 10:54:23 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: LibertyWoman

Only idiots think that an armed conflict end up the way they think. Very few really understand just how horrible it would be. There would be no sitting back and watching it play out. It wouldn’t be a video game or a Hollywood movie.


20 posted on 07/01/2022 10:54:36 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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