Moneyed interests propagate fear to block even minor gun-law changes

Evidence

Yet those with vested, moneyed interests in preserving the status quo have fought tooth-and-nail to ensure that even small, common-sense adjustments to our gun laws are never made. Propaganda is used to frighten sportsmen into thinking that if assault rifles are regulated, it will be only a matter of time before hunting rifles are taken from law-abiding citizens. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 107

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 107
• XREF: connects to: A settler frontier mythology drives America’s lax gun laws — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 105; Elites fear change because it can only threaten their status — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 740

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