Why are democrats so driven to control guns?

spat · Tuesday at 9:03 AM

FP1201 said:
In all seriousness, this is a question very few have been able to answer; why are democrats so determined about controlling and/or disarming Americans?
I've yet to find a democrat that at the very least wouldn't carp out "well, I believe in the Second Amendment but...." and many have made their life-long careers out of submitting and passing legislation to pass Laws diametrically opposing both State and Federal Constitutions...why? what purpose is served? what is the end goal?
Think about it, I dare say all reading this have wondered the same, certainly been around long enough to have experienced it.

Because they want to do things that will get them shot if they don't.

Plater1 · Tuesday at 9:04 AM

It's much easier to control people if they are unarmed. There are a few thousand years of history to prove this out.

Celt · Tuesday at 9:07 AM

Several reasons.

1. They personally have impulse control problems so they assume everyone does. I believe hitlery clinton once said she would shoot someone over a parking spot. Simply, they dont trust us serfs with weapons.

2. Many of the useful idiots have a mindset that is opposed to violence. Some women have even said they would rather be raped than to use a gun to defend themselves. So, because they dont want to "live in a world where they need to defend themselves" they dont want anyone owning a gun. And the politicians know this, so they are buying votes by banning guns.

3. They know that most gun owners are self defense minded and more freedom minded people and when they finally start putting people into the "camps" they dont want us being able to resist.

CNYJohn · Tuesday at 9:08 AM

Plater1 said:
It's much easier to control people if they are unarmed. There are a few thousand years of history to prove this out.

This

Guns
Having guns is power
Take guns from the opposition and you have all the power

Everything they say the politics of the right already have they want
Total control total reliance

libertysnake · Tuesday at 9:17 AM

I don't think they really care. Politicians don't really care about the content of what they endorse, they only care about the outcome. If wearing dogshit on your head increased your chance of winning in the polls every politician would do it. People flip sides on topics all the time when it suits their needs of gaining power.

spat · Tuesday at 9:22 AM

Celt said:
Several reasons.

1. They personally have impulse control problems so they assume everyone does. I believe hitlery clinton once said she would shoot someone over a parking spot. Simply, they dont trust us serfs with weapons.

2. Many of the useful idiots have a mindset that is opposed to violence. Some women have even said they would rather be raped than to use a gun to defend themselves. So, because they dont want to "live in a world where they need to defend themselves" they dont want anyone owning a gun. And the politicians know this, so they are buying votes by banning guns.

3. They know that most gun owners are self defense minded and more freedom minded people and when they finally start putting people into the "camps" they dont want us being able to resist.

A lot of times it comes down to cowardice.

They can't defend themself, mentally.

But they aren't willing to admit their weakness.

So they want *nobody* to be able to defend themselves, so that they can pretend their problem isn't a major shortcomings.

That's where all that bullshit "better to cooperate", "better to let the professionals handle it", etc... comes from.

Because if someone else in their same circumstance can handle it themselves, that exposes the flaws.

This applies to a lot more than self defense. Basically every anti-DIY expression they push is based in that same inferiority complex. "You shouldn't fix that plumbing/electrical/car/etc yourself", because if you do it makes me feel useless.

Criticalt · Tuesday at 9:53 AM

libertysnake said:
I don't think they really care. Politicians don't really care about the content of what they endorse, they only care about the outcome. If wearing dogshit on your head increased your chance of winning in the polls every politician would do it. People flip sides on topics all the time when it suits their needs of gaining power.

I believe this right here doesn't get enough attention. Many democrat politicians aren't necessarily against guns, but due to brainwashing, their voters are anti gun.
The VAST majority of rabidly anti gun voters have absolutely ZERO facts to back up their thoughts, and in fact usually believe completely untrue things about guns.
If you literally had $1 for every citizen who believes AR15s are "weapons of war" you would be a millionaire.
Same for people who believe the standard AR15 is the "most powerful gun on earth".
A politician would have to be a fool to tell their rabid voters, "well actually......"

Beerman · Tuesday at 10:00 AM

libertysnake said:
I don't think they really care. Politicians don't really care about the content of what they endorse, they only care about the outcome. If wearing dogshit on your head increased your chance of winning in the polls every politician would do it. People flip sides on topics all the time when it suits their needs of gaining power.

Some of them actually do. Have you ever really looked at Trump’s hair? :beer:

C3D · Tuesday at 10:10 AM

No need to look for a reason, because at this point it’s historical. Like many Democrat talismans, gun control is so deeply ingrained in their platform that there is no thought given to whether it is right or constitutional, only to how to use it for maximum influence on their voter base.

tirwin1 · Tuesday at 10:17 AM

I have thought about this for a long time. I think suburban people feel safe and therefore believe no one needs a gun. They also probably believe that bullshit statistic about how the addition of a gun to a household increases the likelihood of accidental/suicidal death by a billion percent.

However my thinking has changed. I used to think the line about how liberals "only believe guns are for killing because that's what they do with them" was just a clever talking point. Now I am not so sure. I really think a lot of liberals and most progressives really have something wrong with them mentally. As we see with the recent surge in trans shooters they can't be trusted with guns. They believe guns are only for murder because that is what they do with them.

dsdmmat · Tuesday at 10:22 AM

Awful hard to lord over an armed population.

Robin · Tuesday at 10:26 AM

"Gun control"
Control is the operative word. Yes, it is that simple.
Robin

Deplorable Me · Tuesday at 11:53 AM

Democrats like to invent problems and then pretent to be the cure. Like the fireman arsonist. Legends in their own minds. Ego maniacs. Faux heroes. Basically major assholes.

Zerex · Tuesday at 12:02 PM

China demands that all guns be banned, so that they can walk in from Albany, and turn you into Uighurs.

REF · Tuesday at 1:38 PM

We all know, and so do the Dems, that 99.999% of gun violence and gun crimes occur in major metropolitan areas by a bunch of P.O.S. cockroach gangsters. But they can’t just ban guns from “them”, otherwise they would be labeled racist. So all of us respectful law abiding citizens have to suffer because of it. And then we get labeled as being racist for actually saying it. My take anyways

Brawny71 · Tuesday at 3:56 PM

Dependency. Keep the masses dependent and full power is never questioned

Saltwater60 · Tuesday at 9:00 PM

Why do politicians do anything. Power, control, and money.

Grimscale · 2026-09-30T05:30:10-0400

Plater1 said:
There are a few thousand years of history to prove this out.

Is it wrong that I enjoy reading the OTHER part of history... the part where the people finally get fed up with the oppression and corruption, and those that caused it have a really, REALLY, bad day?

Robin · 2026-09-30T08:17:33-0400

How many of the thousands and thousands of mostly unconstitutional gun laws enacted affect anyone but the average honest citizen? ZERO! That tells you all you need to know.
Robin

livingston · 2026-09-30T09:11:47-0400

My vote is control . Next is If guns were abolished then a certain part of the population would see massive violence thrust upon them . ... I will just leave it at that .

Cooolone · 2026-09-30T11:30:53-0400

Seriously?

It's all about control... And living only by Permission!

Check all the Progressive Safe Havens and see all the rules & regulations just to walk down the street! It's nuts! And that's all there is to it! Every single politician selling snake oil, how they're going to reshape the world in their image and imagination! How they and only they can fix the problems (they created)...

Remember, the world's 2nd oldest profession is at most times indistinguishable from the world's oldest...

Drinkthekoolaid · 2026-09-30T13:29:05-0400

Guns = freedom and independence

Liberals hate both those.

Liberals want the government to decide things for them and protect them from cradle to grave. They don't like the premise of uncertainty and it's foreign to them. They want control. To them control feels safe and secure.

Saltwater60 · 2026-10-01T10:29:10-0400

Why do they want tons of money and to be in control of health care and your purse? Control.

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