One conspiracy theory quite popular in America right now given the situation is gun control. Personally, I think the idea of inalienable constitutional rights to be pretty spooky, especially considering they were created by the Founding Fathers, who themselves were in a position of authority and power to legislate following the Revolution. That being said though, I do think the idea of gun control is quite statist and some American gun-owners have cause for worry depending on how the election goes. This particular conspiracy theory is mostly held by right-wing libertarian gun nuts. The main group of people in the US in favour of gun control are 'liberals' and 'progressives' (I use quotation marks because they're not really liberal in a classical sense) who are all for certain freedoms, such as people of the same sex having the right to marry, the right for men and women to be paid equally, the right to equal opportunity regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender or sexuality, but at the same time oppose certain freedoms and actively want their government to ban and enforce restrictions on things they don't like, such as guns and free speech. You can't deny that countries with gun controls have far fewer gun-related deaths than countries such as the US but the UK's knife crime makes up for our lack of gun crime. Our knife crime is also more disproportionate than the US' gun crime - gun crime in the US in 2015 accounted for 0.01% of the population whereas knife crime in the UK accounted for 0.04% of the population. I don't think the problem is with gun ownership, I think the problem is with how militarised American society is, including law enforcement and civilian population. Successive US governments, whether Democrat or Republican, have supported the military-industrial complex, meaning large weapons-manufacturers have received subsidies and tax breaks. More weapons produced means more legal weapons in gun stores and more illegal ones on the street. Break the military-industrial complex and you have fewer weapons in the US without infringing second amendment rights, ultimately reducing gun crime, especially massacres where assault rifles are used.
