To earn my support, a law must be both efficacious and reasonable. As for "regulations on law abiding citizens", so what? Any regulation fits that definition. A highway speed limit, for example, is an efficacious and reasonable regulation intended to improve safety for all drivers, even as it restricts liberty.
The places in the US with the highest rates of gun violence, have the most restrictive gun laws. Is that efficacious? Is that reasonable?
My wife and I were in Cheyenne Wyoming a few years ago. I asked "do you think they have Starbucks, here?" After we had checked out the Capitol building.
Sure enough we found one. Full of yuppie types associated with government. And a couple of symbols of olde school Wyoming.
A guy dressed in black from hat to boots. A revolver on one side, and a 45 on the other.
I would feel
more safe with that guy (and his guns) beside me, or as a next door neighbor, than some feel-good public school teacher (moderate Republican INO).
I like open carry, or concealed carry. The people that do so are acting in a manner, that increases my safety.
The cops are always minutes away, when you need them in seconds.