Over 1 in 5 Americans say they’ve been personally threatened with a gun according to new poll



Republican Governor Bill Lee is taking action on guns following the deadly shooting in Nashville. NBC News Washington Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, former New York Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley and former Virginia Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock join Meet the Press NOW to discuss. 

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39 comments

  1. OVER 1 in 5 dentists also recommend NOT gargling with peanut butter as well.
    1 in 5 Americans that were stopped on the street in a blue city and canvased by MSNBC "fact finders" SAID…
    But where are the receipts of these people that "SAY" this?
    Shut TF up with this hokey nonsensical BS statistic. No one believes this BS.

  2. All the shootings in my neighborhood are committed by illegal aliens.
    Sealing that border would cut down on that, not taking away guns.

  3. Be honest please. It's about money, who is funding these officials?

  4. One of my saddest days was when younger son was threatened by a gunman at a friend's house at his friend's 15th birthday party. No one did anything. CA.

  5. I’m 40. Never been threatened with a gun except by some cops one time.

  6. By doing something do they mean making this country livable again? Or are they talking about taking away peoples rights.

  7. I’m not even an American but I lived there for 6 years. I was once threatened with a gun.

  8. remember . . .
    God won't forgive you on your cruelty of power greediness anymore longer.

  9. Pass all the ineffective legislation so you can continue getting that NRA campaign money!
    Just in time for your 2024 campaigns!

  10. I am sure this 20% wanted to become a tyrant and the good minute men took out their flintlock musket to save freedom.

  11. Burchett : "Other countries don't have our freedom either!"
    That's some big words, coming from a politician in a country where more and more rights get restricted.

  12. The first time I was threatened with a gun I was 6 or 7. They laughed at me. The laughing people were blood relatives. I came from SoCal, and the texas people treated me like a joke. I have always been afraid of them, and they keep laughing—blood relatives. They talk a good game, about family, but they only love you if you are like them.

  13. What freedoms do you have that other countries don't?
    The entire EU has freedoms
    Canada, Australia and New Zealand have freedoms
    Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have freedoms
    But our freedoms aren't slaughtering our kids and citizens because we have common sense.

    What does he think freedom is?
    I'm free to live my life without fear of me or my kids being shot.
    Dude, when you have that freedom, you won't want nor need a gun.

  14. The images need to stop being blurred. If we can handle guns for everybody all day every day, then we should be able to handle the images. If we can't handle the results of guns for anybody anytime, then maybe we'll come up with some good gun safety laws. It's not protecting anyone's dignity from hiding the truth. It's only allowing us to hide from the truth, perpetuating our ignorance, and guaranteeing more blurred images of more dead and injured people blasted to pieces by guns.

  15. Republican politicians are dam slow to get right with reality.

  16. I’m a Canadian, the only guns I have ever even seen in real life are service weapons (i.e. in a police man’s holster). Glad to I live in a country where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are valued.

  17. NO GOLD MEDALS —- How hard was that?

  18. so one time I saw a black man run into the 7/11 with a gun came out with a money and a pack of smokes, does that count.

  19. The funny thing is, you've probably had a gun pointed at you by one of your neighbors and you'd never know about it until you get shot one day for leaving your radio up in the car when you forgot your lunch or something. Somebody didn't follow the "right-turn only" sign for an intersection, and pointed a pistol at our car thinking we cut him off. It's a wild, lawless free-for-all.

  20. Including paint ball guns, nerf guns, squirt guns and laser guns.

  21. Only pigs pointed guns at me

  22. Life is cheap in the United States. Not only can you buy yourself a politician but if that's not enough to impress your friends you can buy yourself a Supreme Court Justice. With abortion being outlawed in most states, we'll have plenty more "little targets" in the near future.
    Every single gun death is because of a failure to legislate. If you can't convince your "Republican Colleagues" to see that all this death is insane, then resign and we'll put somebody in that can because it's not a tough argument to win which says you have a vested interest in keeping the status quo. Fix this or step aside.

  23. The only solution the Republicans have for gun violence is more high-powered guns on the streets.

  24. There will come a time when people will be walking in bullet-proof armors, as the government does not want to do anything about it.

  25. Amazing how the longer we continue to do the "more good guns stop bad guns" dance… the more lives we fail to save…

    Time to start making sense. The criminals will oust themselves and eventually we will have month's where we don't lose American lives.

  26. One thing that is deeply flawed about America that both side of the gun debate can get behind is a threat with a gun should be an open and shut crime. If proven, it should mean time away from society and all that a criminal record entails. "Tough on crime" is a lip service from both parties, put more people who think a gun is a tool to solve a problem in jail. Severity of crime these gun threatening folks deserve more hard time than anyone that did a non violent crime. When ever you act with a gun NOT in defense as intended that should be the end of your freedom. Give people the freedom but give them pause not to misuse it.

  27. Outside of gang violence and suicides, how likely are you to die in a vehicle crash vs a “gun crime” the answer is telling about what people fear and what that means. People are only scared because their handlers want them to be.

  28. A pregnant chick in Texas had her brains blown out INSIDE her house from OUTSIDE gunfire. HOW WOULD SHE PROTECT HERSELF?

    Its IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEND URSELF FROM GUNFIRE, EVEN WITH A GUN. CONS REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS CUZ THEY ARE TERRORISTS.

  29. This shooter passed back ground checks and had no red flags but yet it still happened!!! A normal guy can completely snap, so we need to FKING ban all assault weapons off our streets. Send them to Ukraine war. That's what they were designed for WAR. Thank George Bush for this deadly problem.

  30. Good, freaking good. It's not only until it happens to them that they'll actually do anything

  31. Back in the 80s in rural MO somebody was taking shots at me and buddy. We were only 12 or so and the bullets were zinging past our ears. I had a hunter pull his gun on me while hiking, I have no clue why he was hunting on a trail. I've also had a couple friends end their lives by a gun and my cousin's daughter was shot in the head a couple years back. I've known numerous people who have been held up and threatened by individuals with guns. And that's just what I remember off the top of my head. America…

  32. My Dad, Uncle, and Nephew have all killed themselves using a gun and my Aunt tried to using a gun and permanently injured herself with it…

  33. Red flag laws deemed unconstitutional in NY already.

  34. I have more times than I can count from Cops with literally no reason to be pointing a gun at anyone.

  35. Not me. But all 4 of my kids. All at different times.

  36. Years ago someone told me she going to shoot me called police they called Landlord they entered after they broken off chain