Gun Control & RKBA

sometimes the two are mutually exclusive. That said, gun control is not always right or left wing. Historically in the US, and Canada, stricter gun laws were often supported authoritarian and regressive forces. In Canada, it had to do with non-egalitarian politicians who "for unwashed's own good" and fear of immigrants. In the US, it had more to with race and labor. Many of the local gun laws being repealed or eroded were lobbied for by the KKK in the early part of the previous century. Michigan's purchase permit is a prime example. Florida's 1893 ban on open carry is another. It was passed because it was common for black migrant workers to open carry pistols, a practice that offended some white people. Of course, there were those in organized crime like Tim Sullivan.

In the US, politicians of both parties often support different views on it. For example, one of the Republican candidates, governor of Ohio, supported gun control laws opposed by his Democratic predecessor.