The study is obviously completely flawed, on its face.
Are people afraid to live next door to an AR-15, or what they think or have been told is an AR-15?
Since we know that a large majority of the population has no ****ing idea what an AR-15 is, it would suggest the latter.
If we substituted "mini-gun" as the object, there would probably be a more positive response, since the term is less propagandized, and fewer people have a knee-jerk reaction to it ("It sounds cute and tiny and harmless").
But if you know.......you know.
Are people afraid to live next door to an AR-15, or what they think or have been told is an AR-15?
Since we know that a large majority of the population has no ****ing idea what an AR-15 is, it would suggest the latter.
If we substituted "mini-gun" as the object, there would probably be a more positive response, since the term is less propagandized, and fewer people have a knee-jerk reaction to it ("It sounds cute and tiny and harmless").
But if you know.......you know.