But why should even 95% of the population get to enforce their will on the other 5%? Simply because there are more of them? How does their right to use the land supersede the right of the minority?
Because the two cannot coexist. Either gunners get to use the playground and force people out of it who would be using it as intended, or laws are put into place for acceptable use of public property. Either speeders get to user the road and force people off of it who would be using it as intended, or laws are put into place for acceptable use of public property.
To me, it is all about intended usage. Roadways are built so that people can get from point A to point B, not so that people can use it as a racetrack. Playgrounds are built so that kids have play structures to play on, not so that gun-wielding people can use it as a shooting range. Gun shooting ranges are built for guns to be shot in, not for kids to play in. Racetracks are built for races to take place, not for people to get from point A to point B on. And laws enforcing those proper uses are absolutely legitimate and necessary (in my opinion). Otherwise, those who wished to use it for its intended purpose will be largely evicted from it via the risk forced upon them by others.