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These numbers are bullshit.
Who in their right mind actually believes Americans prefer gun control to: abortion care, legal weed, gay marriage, higher minimum wage, and home ownership.
Like regardless of what you or I want for America, that's an actual load of shit. Too many people love their guns, there's literally more guns than people here.
Loving their guns and wanting better gun control laws aren't two opposite things you know. They can easily go hand in hand. See Canada to the north. Lots of guns, and better gun control laws.
I've made an argument in favor of pretty much the most basic form of gun control, having a license that proves you know how to operate a firearm (kinda like you need a drivers license to prove you know how to drive a car). Even that gets push back. Whoever that mythical person is who is both loving guns and wanting better gun control laws, they're a minority of a minority.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/politics/cnn-poll-gun-laws/index.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/06/1103252636/many-gun-owners-are-hesitant-to-express-support-for-stricter-gun-control-measure
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23141651/gun-control-american-approval-polling
It's not some mythical person that wants it.