[throw10920]

Citation needed for the claim any significant fraction of the US population believe that regulations are completely unnecessary.

This runs directly contrary to my lived experience here, so unless you can provide evidence it sure seems like you're just stereotyping an entire nation to engage in ideological warfare.

[fearmerchant]

Forty-nine states recklessly allow florists to sell flowers without a license. Only the good people of Louisiana are safe from dangers of unregulated flower purchases.

[dsr_]

It doesn't need to be the population believing that regulations are completely unnecessary.

It just needs to be a sufficient number of politicians understanding that their donors and prospective donors find specific regulation of their industry overbearing.

[throw10920]

That's absolutely true (and a very good point), but that's not what the GP was claiming.