Gun control has nothing to do with reducing "gun violence", it has to do with controlling people, mostly our darker skinned brothers/sisters. When I was growing up our African American neighbors were tacitly allowed single barreled shotgun to hunt with, but it was "like pulling teeth" to get something more sophisticated. Then when "Civil Rights" made it illegal to refuse to sell them a gun, other impediments were thought up. Of course, Democrats were in charge then( the Democrat primary may as well had been the general election), and all the "Jim Crow" laws came from them; also there were no Republicans or Independents in the Klan. Since a lot of our darker skinned friends were poor, the "Saturday Night Specials" and "cheap foreign surplus military guns" were some of the first to receive the attention of the "people controllers". Now they are after the most popular rifle ever- divide and conquer.
Mike