'Unusually violent period': Fears Charlie Kirk's assassination not the end of political violence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "He will be martyred, they won't see that this is BECAUSE of right wing views on gun control that this could even happen."
40% : "One of the bigger concerns we have in general when it comes to these sorts of acts of political violence is the possibility that there could become a series of reprisal attacks could follow afterwards," he said.
40% : " Dr Schoettmer said political scientists in the US had identified a "rising trend" in political violence which began in the mid-2010s, which began around 2015-16 and "spiked" in 2020-21, before spiking again in 2024.
35% : Speaking to Sky News, Seattle University Associate Professor Dr Patrick Schoettmer said he was "encouraged" to see the "strong condemnation" of political violence from both sides, by had "bigger concerns" of people seeking revenge.

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