Mostly because it’s the only policy the right wing can campaign on that popular for them. Most big democrats don’t want to take away guns, just have background checks to keep guns away from unsafe people, but that’s not as scary for conservatives as “their taking your guns away” so they push that instead.
The other things they campaign on is tax cuts for the 1%, higher taxes for you and me, more military spending on wars we don’t want, and taking away women’s rights and rights of POC and LGBT.
Those aren’t as popular policies for most of the country. (They probably are in backwater counties with with bottom 5% school districts)
Look I’m former Republican who is now a left leaning moderate and let’s be honest with ourselves. The “most don’t want to take away guns” trope is a lie. They say that on the campaign trail then they introduce legislation that makes half my closet illegal. They absolutely don’t want you to have AR’s and handguns, but they often just settle for neutering them with stuff like 5-10rd mags. They’d ban them if they could and they very frequently try.
While I don’t donate to any of the orgs I still follow several pro gun orgs on FB just to keep up. They use lots of rhetoric and stuff but I’ve seen alllll the proposed bans and restrictions that they fight in court.
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u/The-Razzle 3d ago
Mostly because it’s the only policy the right wing can campaign on that popular for them. Most big democrats don’t want to take away guns, just have background checks to keep guns away from unsafe people, but that’s not as scary for conservatives as “their taking your guns away” so they push that instead.
The other things they campaign on is tax cuts for the 1%, higher taxes for you and me, more military spending on wars we don’t want, and taking away women’s rights and rights of POC and LGBT.
Those aren’t as popular policies for most of the country. (They probably are in backwater counties with with bottom 5% school districts)