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Fear of the government makes Americans more likely to reach for a gun
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The survey, administered in May by consumer research company GFK, also found that 10.5% of respondents had purchased a gun because of their fears.
“Fear of the government had the strongest relationship with buying a gun because of fear,” said Chapman survey researcher L. Edward Day. “People who have purchased a gun because of fear also have high levels of fear of technology and crime.”
But the data show that in cases like these, the consequences of owning a gun can be a lot scarier than the fear that motivates the purchase. |
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| Idiocy. The Constitution was written to deliberately bind government power, precisely BECAUSE of fear of government on the part of our Founders. |
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