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Opposite of Polarized: US Attitudes on Guns Span a Broad Continuum

“Kill the NRA,” a billboard in Louisville, Kentucky, read last week, after anti-gun advocates vandalized it, obscuring the original message. The NRA, or National Rifle Association, posted an image of the billboard on its Facebook site with the message: “To all American gun owners, this is a wake-up call. They’re coming after us. ‘Like’ and share to spread the word.” The voices heard most often in the public gun debate are the extremes. But public opinion polls show that U.S. gun owners...

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