Nearly every single conservative in this country is armed, and many are HEAVILY armed.
If you've never carried a gun around, you wouldn't know how it changes your mindset: every altercation is elevated because you know how far it could go.
Mix that with the fact that that the media is desperately searching for a boogie man, and you'll see the only winning move is not to play their game.
Statues can be rebuilt, families cannot. When the right shows up, it will most likely be extremely violent. Thankfully it seems that wont happen anytime soon
Look at the gun sales the past few months. That says more than any media poll to me