Some other plausible explanations: Gun control is often motivated by racism; as our society has become more tolerant, racism has lessened, and so has gun contr

Some other plausible explanations: Gun control is often motivated by racism; as our society has become more tolerant, racism has lessened, and so has gun control. It's become obvious that gun control doesn't work. The cities and states with the toughest gun control laws have the worst crime. One might expect that, short-term (e.g., cities with bad crime would enact gun control laws) but over decades, if cities like Chicago, New York City, and Washington DC where handgun ownership is effectively impossible haven't see giant decreases in crime as a result of their gun bans .. the only reasonable conclusion is that the ban isn't working, and is either totally ineffective or is causing only bad side effects. Over the past 20 years, concealed carry of handguns has become politically and socially uncontroversial - "shall-issue" concealed carry permits (which work like drivers' licenses - if you are of age, pass a test and undergo instruction, and don't have a criminal history, you're good) are now the law in approximately 40 of 50 states, and we haven't seen the streets run red with blood. Ordinary people are legally carrying guns when they want to and we haven't fallen into some Mad Max world of road warfare. Because people now, themselves, own and carry a handgun - or know someone normal and sane who does - the overinflated scare stories of the gun ban lobby have been revealed as the products of fevered (or racist) imagination and hence rejected.