And if we collectively, including the NRA etc. had a lick of sense, we would be pushing the fact that there is a high 90’th percentile correlation between gun problems and liberal beliefs.
There is almost NO incidence of gun problems with right wing/conservative (in the American sense) beliefs. We simply do not believe and act as liberals and liberal supporting people do...which is to say, entitled to violence. It is therefor logical to look closely at liberals and why they are dominant in gun crime statistics.
And everyone needs to know it.
This is a very astute observation. After arguing with several hoplophobes about a decade ago, I realized the same thing.
When challenged, the typical anti-gun zealot will claim that "most" people shouldn't have guns, because they might suddenly snap and go on a rampage, killing someone in the "heat of passion", or something like that.
I pressed this issue, asking why they believed that. It's actually very rare for someone to do so: nearly every murder of any kind (with a gun or otherwise) is committed by someone with a long history of criminal behavior.
After a lot of prevarication, every one of them eventually admitted they didn't trust themselves with a gun, because they were afraid what they might do with it. And of course, they projected that fear onto everyone else.
When I suggested that they should seek the services of a mental health professional, they quickly ended the discussion.
It was a revelation to me: people with this level of self-loathing cannot be convinced by any kind of logic. Their attitude is completely driven by emotion, and their projection of this emotion onto an inanimate object is a coping mechanism. They truly need professional help, but as the old joke goes:
Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Only one, but first the lightbulb must want to change.