Guns are pretty fun (and thoroughly dangerous) tools to generate seemingly magical effect at a distance. They appeal to a base part of my lizardbrain psyche, and I don’t feel like I’m a stain on liberalism to admit that, or to say that I am okay with people being able to toy around with such tools in a sensible and controlled environment.

But sure as shit my personal identity as an American is not tied to being able to own one or many of nearly arbitrary configuration and then being able to carry them on my person wherever at any time for no particular reason at all.