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According to the poll, the number of people who participated in the questionnaire think that the amount of people believing the government is a threat has been increasing since 2003, when a similar poll was conducted.

Some 49 percent of US citizens who answered a survey think that the current government of the United States poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary people in the country, a new Gallup poll revealed Monday.

According to the poll, the number of people who participated in the questionnaire think that the amount of people believing the government is a threat has been increasing since 2003, when a similar poll was conducted. At the time of the initial poll, less than a third of those US citizens who participated in the survey had such an opinion.

Among the poll's most frequently mentioned threats are violations to the Second Amendment of the Constitution, a definition that uses ambiguous language some interpret as guaranteeing the right of US citizens to own guns, as well as violations of so-called freedoms and certain civil liberties. Many poll respondents agreed with the statement that there were too many laws in the United States. Other poll respondents agreed with the statement that the government is too big "in general."

The survey spoke to 1,025 registered voters from all 50 US states, and was conducted September 9-13, 2015, according to Gallup.