Oh dear ! There is certainly more than a passing influence on every administration from the Jewish community in the U.S ! Try getting any kind of condemnation of the settlement policy in the West Band from the U.S government !

As for the gun control debate -there isn’t any gun control that is meaningful and effective -witness the BBC reporter buying an assault rifle in Texas with checks
that astonish most.

As for it being a different country -no its different countries within one .