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Total anecdote, so take the following with the Internet grain of salt that it is.
I was at a dinner party in the 90s. A Columbia University law professor, by way of long, meandering conversation, asked me (paraphrasing) "Why do you think we, the general populace, are allowed to own firearms?" Uh, I'm just a rural New York bumpkin. I just want to protect my livestock and keep the deer from destroying my small plot of crops. "Sure, JayleneSlide, that's a great general reason. But in the US, it's for killing cops and politicians." 0_0
So, yeah, clearly not enough politicians in proper fear of the constituency here, despite their willingness to sell us out for the tiniest pittance.
Bad people with bad public policy ideas are the people most willing to use violence. Until everyday people feel as if there's no other choice, it will always be our craziest and our worst that go around shooting people. I mean, look at who has actually been assassinated or attacked in US political history, mostly people trying to make positive changes.