One thought about making laws to control guns, and why that seems so hard: the “War on Drugs”.

Namely, it has become increasingly obvious, I assert, that said “War on Drugs” has had negative side effects greater in magnitude than any positive results, yet our society and political class seems to be stuck on continuing this “War”. There are a few exceptions at the local level, but even they (e.g., medical marijuana) seem quite lame as far as changing the general thrust of the “war”. A growing movement exists to shut down this “War”, but it is still in the tiny minority nation wide.

Fear. Fear drives humans, and fear mongers are experts in controlling people through using fear as a tool.

Insecurity about many aspects of life are driving these gun-nuts, and many are now being driven so far that their derangement is becoming more obvious to a greater number of Americans, but the “I’ll Stand My Ground” primitive territorialism still is strongly pushed in our society as some sort of lofty goal to which we are to aspire.

Repeating myself here - the 18th century mindset of rugged individualism, carrying a musket rifle over the next ridge in one hand and the KJV in the other - that’s so far out of date it is now an albatross around our necks.