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> The fact that the majority of Americans have voted time and time again to get our gun laws to where they are today is my source.

Your gun laws are made by politicians who are elected for a wide variety of reasons, not just their stance on firearms. So I think its rather a stretch to say that you have the gun laws that you have due to them being the will of the majority. In fact, according to Gallup, the majority in the US (over many decades) want stricter gun control [1, particularly the second chart].

(And I'm sure the $190 million [2] that gun-rights lobby groups have spent in over the last 24 years contributed to the laws being the way they are.)

> It's not "extremism" if it wins by popular vote.

That sounds worryingly like the usual justification for the Tyranny of the Majority to me. Not everything that is popular is unextreme or justified - and history is full of instances where societies have ended up in a hole due to this type of reasoning. Democracy isn't just about voting, its about to manage differences.

[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx

[2] https://fortune.com/2022/05/25/nra-contributions-politicians...




> Your gun laws are made by politicians who are elected for a wide variety of reasons, not just their stance on firearms.

You'd be amazed at how many people are single-issue voters.


He'd probably wouldn't -- it's right there in the link he provided.

Right around 25% of voters say a politician has to support their view on control (for or against.)


Nevertheless, a large number of US citizens committed to the defense of their right to keep and bear arms simply isn't "a minority of radical extremists", regardless of the vehemence of your disagreement.

There is not much political will for more gun control right now.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/16/democrats-...




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