In the 60s 150+ airplanes had attempted highjackings while taking aboard bombs, weapons, etc. Government decided we need to implement security checkpoints, utterly inconveniencing 99.99% of travelers. We did it.
After 9/11 one man, ONE MAN, hid a device in his shoe while boarding a plane. Did the government say “we all must be allowed to sneak in weapons in our shoes to defend ourselves?” No - we were all now forced to take off our shoes in security, which continues today. We did it.
Tobacco companies finally lost the war on freedom to smoke - the local and federal governments stepped in and squashed basically all public gathering smoking. We did it.
Seatbelts were first considered annoying to many, and many people never get into major car accidents. They were proven to help save lives and Government stepped in and 49 of the states I believe have mandatory use laws. We did it.
And so on. Guns are on a whole different level, but what we have here is A) the republican right has been bought off and thus no change will likely ever come. B) New generations of republicans have come through and guns is on their list of identity politics - like Covid, vaccines, or right to abortions you must not come to any other conclusion than “more guns please” otherwise you have a scarlet letter on you in your club, and C) Fox News and the like exist to continue to scare you with outright lies (the government may turn into Nazi Germany, you need to be ready to shoot soldiers at your door, Democrats are coming to your door to take your weapons, and foreigners and different races than yours are by and large criminal and much like your video games and movies you need to be ready to strap up and shoot em up like John Wick).
Like many, I am not sure what the answers are as nothing will be done until we somehow break these lines of thinking and vote in politicians who actually have a brain and oh yes refuse to say “ill just pray for it” while on their job.
