The NBC polling shows a record number of Americans are now gun owners. The current level is up six percent from 2019 when 46% of Americans said that they or someone in their household owned a gun. It is now up 10 points in the last ten years.

Notably, that includes 41% of Democrats. …

The Harvard poll is likely to be more chilling for the Democratic Party. Not only do citizens overwhelmingly blame woke policies on the left for rising crime, but 42% believe that crime and safety is getting worse in their community. Only 21% believe that it has gotten better.

Harvard then asked “Do you think you need to have a gun today in case you are attacked by criminals, or do you think owning a gun is unnecessary?”

A majority of voters in all three categories (Democrat, Republican, or independent) said that a gun is necessary. That includes 54% of Democrats.

[I don’t find this surprising at all. Where has crime skyrocketed? In urban cores. Who lives in urban cores? Primarily Democrats. They are becoming the biggest victims of crime and have the greatest need for self-defense, which makes both of these outcomes entirely logical. The more that Democrat leaders talk about gun control, the weaker their connection to voters will become, even on the Left. They learned that lesson the hard way a generation ago, and that was when crime was *declining*. — Ed]