It's frustrating how small and simple of a step this could be but how unlikely a small, vocal, and politically active minority of American's are to it.
Have week been watching the same government for the last 6 years?
Survey data says otherwise:
> 1. Four-in-ten U.S. adults say they live in a household with a gun, including 30% who say they personally own one, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in June 2021.
* https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-a...
So only 30% of people own guns, but if a family member was the one asked for the survey then we have 40% of households. <50% either way, so a minority.
Further:
> 5. Roughly half of Americans (53%) favor stricter gun laws, a decline since 2019, according to the Center’s April 2021 survey. Smaller shares say these laws are about right (32%) or should be less strict (14%). The share of Americans who say gun laws should be stricter has decreased from 60% in September 2019. Current opinions are in line with what they were in March 2017.
For better or worse, people who don’t own guns and have no intention of getting a gun soon still don’t want to limit gun owners or limit their opportunity to own guns themselves.
Yes, gun control is the “easy” solution to gun crime but instead we have chosen the hard and painful solution because the easy way offends our core values. That’s an okay decision to make in a democracy, and different democracies can choose different ways. It’s not crazy.
Furthermore gun laws are getting stricter all the time, just simply to the point where it matches counties like the UK.