I'm convinced the major reason the primitives are in favor of stripping gun rights, is that those same guns serve as a check against their big mouths.
One doesn't go around saying certain things, if they know they may have to back those words up with their life. Take the guns away, and so goes the balance that creates a respectable society.
The power of the respectable society brought to us by guns is understood by Jim Carrey himself, who would think twice about calling anyone a 'mother****er', if he didn't have armed guards under his employ.