Wingnuts are bewildered and confused by the world around them. The pace of change has left them behind for good. The values they were taught are either rejected or so corrupted by commercialization as to be meaningless. Forces they do not understand swirl around them. People they were taught to hold in contempt are suddenly their bosses. Having been taught that self evaluation is self doubt, they refuse to look inward for a solution. Having been taught that knowledge and intellect are effeminate, and therefore weak, they do not seek to understand the complexities at a deeper level. Guns are power to them, and they are accessible. They become a kind of shortcut to putting the world back in order. This is going to get much worse before it gets better.