Gallup This Wikipedia article says in the subsection about tyranny a Gallup poll in October 2013 showed that only 5 percent of American gun owners own them for Second Amendment reasons Here is the cited source I intend to remove this bit about Gallup for a couple reasons First it says nothing about tyranny Second it showed that 60 of people favor gun ownership for Personal safety Protection this appears to mean either Protection or Personal safety notice the capital P in Protection and such protection could encompass protection from tyranny Anyway tyranny is not explicitly mentioned in the cited reference so I think it s original research for us to suggest that only 5 think guns deter tyranny