Because gun control is often written by people who don’t understand guns and by people who don’t like guns. They also often are written and proposed without much input from gun owners. I’m not against gun control necessarily, but many attempts are just stupid legislation that would be ineffective in meeting it’s goal of decreasing gun crimes.

So many gun control laws proposed are unenforceable such as storage laws.

Assault weapon bans use arbitrary features to distinguish them. And many of these are features that make them easier to control when shooting, which inherently means they are more dangerous now.

I really think there is a huge cultural issue around guns that needs to be addressed. Guns are thought of and treated as a solution to disagreements rather than something to protect life and liberty. A solution that is as equally valid is running away or compromising. These are made worse with rhetoric like “fuck around and find out” or " come try that here."

We also have media that has been purposely trying to divide the populace and make them afraid. Afraid when they leave their house all the time and afraid that someone is going to come into their house.

We have a lot of issues surrounding guns. And while gun control will be a feature of tackling it, so much more needs to be done to address it.