That’s because they believe the right to bear a firearm is a “natural right” ascribed in some unable to be named set of freedoms they are guaranteed no matter what based on the words of some brainy progressive philosopher educated elite snob. Or that God gave them the right. Or something.
And look-I say all of this as a firearm owner (I own a “spooky scary AR” and a couple of hand guns), and as someone who has NEVER called for a new gun regulation. All I’ve ever said is “let’s put every option on the table.” And let’s get special interest $$ out of politics once and for all.
I am not a gun owner but I do not favor the confiscation of guns. I don’t even support banning assault rifles because the data show that such bans don’t reduce gun violence. But I do believe in common sense regulations while being more than a little frustrated that the “shall not be infringed” side have taken a position of never making an compromises. That’s why I quoted Scalia – an elite and educated man but certainly no one’s idea of a progressive. In Heller, were he rewrote the 2A (judicial activism much!) he still insisted on limits to 2A.
And pardon me for having a tough time listening to people moan about guns in the hands of the wrong people who just got done cheering Obama letting a bunch of felons with gun convictions walk out of prison early.
Funny you should ask, because that’s exactly what a bunch of nutso militia hacks wonder about every day. LaVoy thought the government was out to get him, and even wrote a book about a cowboy who went out in a blaze of glory against an oppressive government.
