In the week after the deadly shootings in San Bernardino, California, Americans’ confidence in the federal government’s ability to protect citizens from acts of terrorism has dropped to a new low of 55%.
Numbers like this get one’s attention. But even more arresting, perhaps, is the Gallup finding that
Confidence in the U.S. government to protect citizens from terrorism is down 12 percentage points since June, and is now 33 points lower than the 88% who said they had a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence shortly after 9/11.
Which accounts, no doubt, for why gun sales are booming and another poll establishes that
For first time in 20 years … a majority of Americans opposes ban on assault weapons.
One wonders if President Obama doesn’t wish he could have a do-over on last Sunday evening’s address to the nation. And what he would say now.
