Reply #109: the reason is always the same.

[one-eyed fat man]

Control of those the self-described elites deem unworthy. Most KNOW gun control does not and will not prevent crime or criminals; a very few have even been candid enough to admit that much.

They are abetted by what could most charitably be described as useful idiots. That includes the hopelessly naive who uncritically accept the flawed logic as well as those who simply hate guns because they hate them.

The trouble with this alliance is that the leadership of the antigun movement has openly discussed the using fear and deceit as a strategy to incrementally acheive their objectives.

In their own words:

"Our main agenda is to have all guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort the facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."
-Sara Brady, Chairman, Handgun Control Inc, to Senator Howard Metzenbaum. The National Educator, January 1994, Page 3.

"Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal."
-Janet Reno

"Assault weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons –anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun– can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons." — Josh Sugarmann

So the liars already know they are lying; those who simply hate guns will always hate them, and they are both counting on the power of stupid people in large numbers.