It's Fear of Government

The government works HARD to take away our right to self defense by BANNING the use of guns by law-abiding people (who don't work for the government) while ignoring all the guns illegally in the hands of criminals. They don't do much of ANYTHING to stop the traffic in ILLEGAL guns while taking them away from honest, law-abiding people who DO obey laws, even if they're STUPID laws. Most people don't think about it, but “way down deep,” they buy guns because they fear their government. A gun isn't much protection against government agents, who have MANY guns and don't hesitate to use them. But they don't think of that. They see enough cases of government agents (federal and state) raiding people because of trifles, trampling all over their rights, and sometimes KILLING them so they can “confiscate” (steal) their property and they want at least a CHANCE to fight back. I still remember the ranch owner who was raided and KILLED by a sheriff who just wanted his land for a new office building for himself and later bought the ranch for a “sweet price” from his widow. (Quartz)