A new Rasmussen poll shows that 57% of Americans are okay with their fellow citizens being armed.

Good.

Of course, 57% seems extremely low, but it’s better than nothing.

From SAF:

A new Rasmussen poll released Monday shows that a majority of Americans are unconcerned about being in the company of armed private citizens, which comes at a time when applications for concealed carry permits and licenses are rising, possibly as a result of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the Second Amendment Foundation said.

According to Rasmussen, 57 percent of Americans “remain unconcerned about their safety around those who have legal permits to carry concealed weapons, with 37% who are Not At All Concerned.” Rasmussen also reported that “Forty percent believe the presence of more Americans with concealed carry gun permits will decrease the number of people killed in violent incidents in America.”

“In the wake of terrorist attacks in France and California,” noted SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb, “more people are realizing that it could be the armed private citizen that provides the first line of defense until police arrive, and that could take several minutes. As Washington, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier recently advised in a CBS interview, ‘If you’re in a position to try to take the gunman down, to take the gunman out, it’s the best option for saving lives before police can get there’.”

The poll shows that 59% of Republicans believe that Americans with a concealed carry permit will decrease the number of violent crimes that take place, while only 25% of the uninformed Democrats agreed.

The 25% number makes sense, but only 59% of Republicans think what has proven to be true?

Hmm…

No matter how hard the radical left calls for gun control, nothing can legally be done to strip Americans of their Second Amendment rights.

Statistics show that guns save lives, so enough with blaming firearms! Guns don’t pull their own triggers.

The report did not show the number of people polled.