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Yep. Even the gun control issue, which is the most conflicted on this thread, isn't a binary. What gun control? Background checks? Magazine restrictions? Firing mode restrictions? Barrel length restrictions? Round size/energy restrictions? Education, training, and/or storage requirements?
90% of people may agree that we need something, but they likely won't agree on what.
I've long been convinced a lot more Democrats and Progressives could make it much further on other issues if they simply sat down on the 'Gun control' issue. To me it seems like a rallying cry of a wedge-issue that gets used to make sure they don't have to try and address all those other things listed. It also guarantees a spike in gun sales every time they make a public statement about the issue.