Well, the media crafted perception is certainly an issue. They are so very good at remaining on message despite their protests that they aren’t what they are.
When dealing with dilemmas the thing to realize is that they are usually crafted in such a way to nay present the bad options. Like the proverbial horns of a bull these invited responses open you up to impalement fro the other horns no matter which you choose.
With gun control, yes, it is important to point out the many times that firearms are used for defense; however, the other horn (the demand to do something) is not rooted at all in facts, but only in feelings, and is immune to that approach. They have their panties in a twist.
But the REAL problem, the uninvited response not wanted, is one in common with ALL Leftism, it is fighting against Arbitrary government and the presumption that people’s circumstances alone (perceived or real) are somehow basis for the federal to lawfully address them.
It is no coincidence that the NFA 1934 comes from the fetid flowering of Arbitrary government that was the 1930s, for it was then that people finally stopped supporting the Republic as FDR cast it aside for a fistful of benefits, programs and federal power grabs.
Ultimately addressing gun control means having the larger debates that we never had back then, forcing people to deal with the fact that they hate the Constitution that actually exists and pressing home that their circumstances, their feelings, are immaterial when it comes to what government can lawfully do.
Screw everyone equally ... save the Republic from progressive pablum.
“This rule provides significant non-quantifiable benefits to public safety.”
Only a government committee could come up with a sentence like that. It’s just like everything else with liberals and delusion people - feelings as opposed to facts.