44% of Repubs, 29% of all think armed revolution in a few years might be necessary

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Is what this poll shows.

Republicans say U.S. headed toward

A*survey of Republicans found nearly half agreed that "an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years."

The poll, from Farleigh dikkinson University's Public Mind, surveyed a random sampling of 863 registered voters*and had a margin of error of plus-minus 3.4 percentage points.

It found 44 percent of registered Republicans believed an armed rebellion could come in the next few years. But only 18 percent of Democrats and 27 percent of independents agreed.Moreover, only 24 percent of Republicans believed new gun laws were necessary — compared to 73 percent of Democrats. Bipartisan legislation on gun control is not likely in the coming days, one political science professor at Farleigh dikkinson said, in a press release on the poll.

"If there was a bipartisan moment after Sandy Hook to pass gun control legislation, it's past," Dan Cassino said. "Partisan views have strongly reasserted themselves, and there's no sign that they'll get any weaker."

The difference in views is due to partisan differences in beliefs about what guns are for, Mr. Cassino said."If you truly believe an armed revolution is possible in the near future, you need weapons, and you're going to be wary about government efforts to take them away," Mr. Cassino said.

 

[Blackking]

protect what liberties exactly??

 

[Bud Bundy]

They better stock up on drones and tanks and shyt like that. This will be the shortest up rising in history.

 

[The Real]

A large portion of the Repubs are insane, but I also wish the Left could channel what is clearly a very strong dissatisfaction with the status quo into something that actually caused some impact.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

0% chance.

Instead, why don't we just stop voting the same shytty congressmen into office?

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

 

[killacal]

0% chance.

Instead, why don't we just stop voting the same shytty congressmen into office?

Theyre all shytty

 

[Type Username Here]

These same Republicans want to protect civil liberties?

Extending the Patriot Act gets broad support from Republicans and a narrow majority of independents, but it's opposed by just over half of Democrats. While six in 10 Republicans want the bill expanded to allow the FBI to copy the outside of envelopes sent through U.S. mail, six in 10 Democrats and independents oppose the move.

Majorities regardless of party affiliation oppose letting the FBI demand records without prior judicial approval.

Percentages that Support ...
Democrats Republicans Independents
Extending Patriot Act? 43% 80% 54%
Expanding record searches 17 42 32
Copying outside of U.S. Mail 36 60 37

There are similar ideological divisions on extending and expanding the Patriot Act, with conservatives most likely to support continuing and augmenting the law.

Concerns about government intrusions are strongly related to views on extending the Patriot Act or expanding its terms. Among the 50 percent who think the government is doing enough now to protect privacy rights, 76 percent favor extending the act. But among the other half, who think rights are not being protected adequately, support for extending the law drops to 42 percent. These people also are much less apt to support expanding FBI authority with new provisions in the law.

Poll: Support Seen for Patriot Act - ABC News

 

[BlvdBrawler]

Theyre all shytty

Really imo it's the lobbyists that need to go.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

I guess thats better than God revolting against humanity.

 

[Type Username Here]

Redneck mad that the President is black and a democrat: "We need an armed uprising"

Person with reason: "Did you support the PATRIOT Act?"

Redneck: "Hell yea I did. Those MOOSE-LAMBS and Ay-RABS need to be thrown in jail and the key needs to be molded into a bullet and shot into the ocean"

Reason: "You don't think you're advocating the government to become more powerful and gaining more power to strip your rights?"

Redneck: "No, only the Pork Deniers need to worry about that. Bush said so."


I'm pretty sure that's how a conversation with some of this 44% would go.