I didn't mention anything about the second amendment. I'm sorry you mistakenly read that much into it, and it's odd that you automatically assumed that someone who has a different opinion than yours is someone who does not support the right to keep and bear arms. I know that that right is granted by the constitution, but I thought Jesus said you only needed to sell your cloak to buy a sword, and only two swords at that (my God only allows a handgun, shotgun, and two rifles). I simply said that people seem to own more guns than they need. If guns are made and sold in order to protect the populace from the tyranny of government, then the distribution of those firearms is simply not adequate for that purpose, and the NRA needs to do a better job appealing to the average American. I know there were a lot of new gun owners once this COVID stuff kicked up, and it was odd to see some of the disparaging comments made about them, since encouraging widespread gun ownership is the right thing to do.
But who is going to protect who from whom, especially when there's such an "I'm right, you're wrong" cultural/ political dichotomy these days? Are you going to protect me from a government I voted for? Should I protect you from a government you voted for? Ammon Bundy tried it, but the Hammonds didn't want his help, not enough people showed up, and in the end the federal government still controls the refuge. And would a government, foreign or domestic, need to send troops into our cities in order to subvert us? I think COVID has proven how effective a biological attack would be without a single shot being fired, not to mention how badly a cyberattack would cripple us. Imagine an EMP going off. CJ owners and the Amish would be the only ones on the roads.
I never said it wasn't. Again, I own and carry a gun for personal defense. I have and maintain CCW license despite my state being a constitutional carry state. But we were discussing the number of guns that exist vs the number of gun owners, and it seems to me that there's a mismatch. Perhaps that, among other things, is one of the reasons criminals can easily access firearms.