TERRORISTS IN OUR MIDST!

Among the respectable conservatives climbing on the Trump Muslim-ban bandwagon is Byron York, who quotes a Pew study to suggest that even though statistically small, the percentage of Muslim abroad and even at home who say violence in the cause of Islam is acceptable is too high:

"Muslims mostly say that suicide bombings and other forms of violence against civilians in the name of Islam are rarely or never justified, including 92 percent in Indonesia and 91 percent in Iraq," Pew reported. On the other hand, in some countries, the "justified" answers are quite high. In Afghanistan, for instance, 18 percent say such violence is often justified, 21 percent say sometimes justified, 18 percent say rarely justified and 40 percent say never justified. Four percent say they don't know. 

Read the numbers however you like. Some stress that large majorities of Muslims in the United States and in some other countries oppose such violence under all circumstances. Others point to those Muslims in the United States who believe it is justified in at least some cases — 13 percent — and say that is an unacceptably high number...

You know who else thinks violence in their cause might be justified? From a 2013 Fairleigh Dickinson University survey report:

Partisan divisions on gun control go deeper than the legislation being fought over in
Congress. Supporters and opponents of gun control have very different fundamental beliefs about the role of guns in American society. Overall, the poll finds that 29 percent of Americans think that an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years, with another five percent unsure. However, these beliefs are conditional on party. Just 18 percent of Democrats think an armed revolution may be necessary, as opposed to 44 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of independents.

So who's more likely to shoot the place up -- Muslim-Americans, or Molon-Labe-Americans?

UPDATE. In comments (excellent as always), Andrew Johnston points to a 2011 Gallup poll in which, confronted with the question "Some people think that for the military to target and kill civilians is sometimes justified, while others say that kind of violence is never justified. Which is your opinion?"  Americans who were Muslim were more likely to say "never" (78%) than those who were Protestant (38%) or, indeed, of any other religious persuasion -- though atheists were ahead of the curve with 56% (but don't tell Dawkins, he'll get a swelled head).

This'll mean nothing to the meatheads, who if they've been properly propagandized will tell you it's all lies because Taqiyya and how your Muslim pediatrician, newsstand vendor, and co-worker are all ready to cut your head off at a word from the Imam. (If they haven't been properly propagandized, they'll just say of course violence is justified if you're a white Christian -- specifically the right white Christian; specifically, them -- and leave it at that.)