I think this is what the average anti-gun person on the street thinks. This is the "more guns are not the solution" crowd who sees self defense on the same level as being a vigilante, and someone with a CCW as a cop wannabe "carrying one in the chamber just looking for someone to shoot".
There certainly are the elitists. Folks like George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, etc, feel that we peons, the unwashed masses, the irresponsible, cannot be trusted to make important decisions or be in control of our own lives.
Back in the good old days of mid 60's finnish legislation stated that a person who initiates an action that would constitute a felony, loses all his rights (while committing the crime). Additionally, any response to a crime being committed had to be in reasonable proportion. In my opinion that was by far and wide the fairest consequence and legal repercussion of taking up oneself to intentionally break the law. Muggers, rapists, robbers and armed burglars were actually getting shot.
Like pretty much every other person who works for a living, politicians want to keep their jobs. And part of a politician's job is representing the interests of the people who elected him. When he stops satisfying enough folks to keep him in office he'll be out of work.
You're absolutely right about this. All collectivist political philosophies are based on an assumption that people are the same. Like no-one would willingly, by their own choice and discretion would intentionally commit a crime, rather being driven to do it because of "circumstances", so no-one should be held accountable for their actions. The fact that some people knowingly and intentionally steal, rape and kill is alien to collectivist philosophy. When that happens media is flooded with apologists' excuses like broken home, desparate financial situation, "rape culture" and the most common one, mental issues, while in reality the perpetrator is just evil, chose to commit the crime and enjoyed the heck out of doing it.
Very true. Look closely at any any politician or bureaucrat pushing a gun control agenda. It is about control not safety.
In essence, the same people don't react adversely to government officials like police officers or military personnel having firearms, hence they're systematically conditioned to associate an action and a behavioral pattern to an object and exempt everyone representing the government. There's absolutely no logic and very rarely any supporting personal experience to justify these beliefs. They're manufactured by repeating implications by blanket statements; commonly known as propaganda.
