Why is the Republican Party against gun control legislation?
There isn’t one answer to this question, and the answer isn’t strictly associated with the political party a person is affiliated with. But one theory, is many individuals assign more value to the right to own guns for sport or self-defense, than the lives lost by gun violence, because most individuals against gun control legislation are not impacted by gun violence.
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### Response: There isn’t one answer to this question, and the answer isn’t strictly associated with the political party a person is affiliated with. But one theory, is many individuals assign more value to the right to own guns for sport or self-defense, than the lives lost by gun violence, because most individuals against gun control legislation are not impacted by gun violence.