is in favour of tighter gun control (not good with anything but California).
Well here’s an interesting point… Because when you ask most americans “are you in favour of tighter gun control” most say no. But if you ask them if the want mandatory background checking, 70% (or higher, depending on the poll) say yes.
There’s an obvious contradiction there and the most likely explanation is that most americans think gun control is much stricter than it actually is- so new laws are simultaneously seen as draconian, while still not being as strict as they assume the law to be.
It’s such an emotive issue that it’s probably hard to educate people but you can still position it, and they’ve got smarter at this- talking about responsible gun owners, “gun safety” not gun control. But it’s easy to counter with DEY TURK UR GUNZ