Why don't we keep it simple
GUN BIGOT = One who is anti-gun and won't be swayed. Characterized by irrational hatred of guns and/or gun owners
ANTI-GUNNER = One who is antigun, minus the hate.
I have a problem with using liberal as a smear. A true liberal should be pro-gun. The problem, as stated elsewhere, is that the term has been co opted, by both the left and the right.
owen
I think those are some of the best suggestions, although perhaps modify them to:
ANTI-GUN: general term for anyone who opposes firearms for whatever reason.
GUN-PHOBE: Anyone who has an irrational fear or hatred of guns (thinks they're
eeevil, doesn't like being in the room with one in case it goes off), doesn't see why any normal person would have anything to do with them, etc, but doesn't (necessarily) hate gun owners.
GUN-BIGOT: Gun-phobe who also hates gun owners, and anyone who doesn't agree with them. (Maybe should be "anti-gun bigot").
Going off at a bit of a tangent now...
Looking at broader issues, ReadyontheRight's suggestion of "Nanny Staters" is a good one for "people who want the government and state to take care of everyone and protect them from themselves etc".
That said, I don't really like political lables, except when used very precisely. Too often on TV/radio/newspaper/internet/real life debates, I've heard someone make a suggestion, and someone else shoot it down with "That's so
rightwing/ leftwing/ liberal/ conservative/ fascist/ communist/ capitalist/ socialist/ etc, as if that's an unbeatable argument in itself, without ever defining what "
left/right/etc" means, why it's
evil, and how it applies to that particular suggestion.
This is particularly so with terms that mean different things to different people. "Liberal", for example, still tends to have its original meaning in the UK, or at least to mean "Moderately left-wing libertarian", or "Bit wet and wooly-minded; thinks all the world's problems can be solved by just being nice to everyone".
Die-hard socialists still call themselves "socialist", and if you hear anyone attacking liberals, they're usually authoratarian conservatives ("no sex before marriage, public flogging for anyone who breaks the rules, etc).