Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

It’s a sharp rise from 18 months ago, when 19% of Americans said the same.

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    5 days ago

    They aren’t afraid. They have the Department of War, and ICE to protect them and their property.

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      There are about 1.3 million active duty military, 137,000 federal law enforcement officers, and 800,000 total law enforcement in the country. There are about 350 million people in the United States. They are not even 1% of the population.

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        And remeber they could win a war agaisnt goat herders in Afghanistan. This is our soil, and americans are crazy armed.