>Every time the Democratic Party get some power they immediately pivot to gun control which is the ONE major issue outside abortion that motivates the other sid

>Every time the Democratic Party get some power they immediately pivot to gun control which is the ONE major issue outside abortion that motivates the other side to vote. It’s like they can’t help shooting themselves in the foot. Not unlike many politicians in other countries with only 2 parties. You fight to gain control but did you really win? You earnt the vote of many people who would have voted for you regardless because your opponent was hated that much. Then you start implementing changes but even your own support do not agree with the actions you are taking. So you have not won the election if your own support abandons you. >Last I checked, long firearms (non-handgun, which includes AR-15 scary black guns and shotguns and anything not holdable by one hand) only accounted for less than 500 fatalities in the United States per year. This is accurate. There's a very clear explanation. The firearm deaths per capita is high-ish for the USA. Which is what the democrats want to fix. The unspoken other reality is that it's not homicide but rather suicide. People dont commit suicide with long guns. Flipside, in situations like homicide. Do outright gun bans end firearm homicides? Absolutely. Does it have any appreciable effect on homicides though? Actually the opposite. For some reason the years after gun bans usually increases homicides quite significantly. Banning guns dont stop people from wanting to kill other people. They will go get knives or whatever other weapon. The ultimate goal of gun bans isn't reduction in harm. It's about political and social control. Cant be having any peasant revolts.