I think it's quite different. Hans is the only villain (that i recall) where people didn't think he was a villain at first. When you go to a movie and see that person/monster that has neon signs and songs going "I am evil" people are used to that, even if they dislike the bad guy. With Hans, while he isnt by far the most evil bad guy Disney has made, he's the only one to have tricked the audiences to seeing him as a good guy + potential love interest, so people are more angry at him because they feel cheated.
Plus his end came through a punch. It's hard to reenact, say, pushing Gaston off a castle ledge or piercing a huge sea monster with a ship, but punching a guy is easy so there is slightly more chance a kid (or idiots) will try to repeat it.