Please to explain for the hard of understanding...

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by sexobon

Due to the extremely high probability that my further discussion of this subject with you would be construed as trolling

Nah. I get the impression this is a subject you are serious about.

But yeah. You too :P

Oh incidentally: when I said gun control was broadly supported, and not imposed on an unwilling populace I was talking about modern gun controls enacted by a modern parliament. The gun controls between the wars were absolutely about disarming the populace for fear of socialists and strikers with their ranks filled by large numbers of disgruntled and armed former soldiers. But that was a very different political culture with more in common with the 19th century than a modern democratic system.