What's different about America specifically that led it to have such strong opposition to gun control? Whereas Australia, Canada, and more recently New Zealand all restricted access to guns after mass shootings, there was no such reaction in America after the Columbine massacre. Why?

by PickleRick1001

Australia: Port Arthur massacre; National Firearms Agreement.

Canada: École Polytechnique massacre; gun control legislation after a few years.

New Zealand is outside of the twenty years rule, but the Christchurch massacre led to a similar effort.

All of these countries are Anglophone, majority white, historically Protestant, and generally similar to America in a lot of ways; politically, socially, historically, etc.

So why was there no similar effort after the Columbine massacre?

zachattack82

This question has been answered before multiple times, here is one example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/400ydb/how_long_has_gun_control_been_a_wedge_issue_in/