Gun control and the election results

[krispos42]

3. It's generally pro-Republican

The logic is pretty simple. People that don't own guns and that aren't going to don't feel the effects, the burdens, that the laws impose on gun-owners. Or, worse yet, they ENJOY putting that burden on gun-owners because it's "hitting back at the NRA/Republicans/gun culture/gun nuts/ammosexuals".


So, the law passes, there is some temporary positive good vibes, and maybe some reelection fodder, and then the non-gun-owner moves on with life.

In the mean time, it's the gun owner that now has to travel to the police station and register their guns. Swear out an affidavit in front of a notary public about how many "large capacity magazines" they own. Go to the state police (time and money) to get a special license just to buy ammo, much less buy a gun.

And then, it's an ongoing issue. Oh, look, the latest issue of a gun magazine comes in the mail, full of nice guns that YOU CAN'T BUY because of some pandering "assault weapon" ban. You go online, you're in a gun discussion group, and many people there express their sympathies that you live in State X that fears protruding pistol grips.



It fades, and fades fast, for non-gun-owners. For gun owners, it becomes a constant factor in their lives, and a constant irritant. Ignorant or spiteful voters were used by pandering politicians to create a diversionary issue. Student loan reform? Assault weapon ban! Progressive tax reform? Gun-show-loophole! Etc.