BigBlue wrote:
Indeed. The vast majority of people you encounter on the street or in these groups like Demanding Moms Want Action are in it for the feels. They don't like hearing about violence and they buy into the 'guns are bad; get rid of guns' mantra and they _want_ to fix things. They go with the anti-gun playbook because they don't have an alternative and because they are fed that message from all around them: the media, their party, etc. "Guns are the problem and these violent situations will go away if there are not so many guns." It's only a small fraction of the anti-gunners that are in on the 'power to control you' aspect of it. As for why all these useful idiots "need no logic to their argument", it's because they are emotional. They go with what they feel, not what is rational. Logic is incompatible with an emotional reaction.
I had it once explained that some people are so desperate to sustain their 'illusion of invulnerability' - being unable to accept the fragility, and uncertainty of life, that they will blindly cling to anything that allows perpetuation of the belief they can be truly safe and secure.
Couple that with the typical urban existence that is not knowledgable of, or have positive interaction with firearms, throw in terms like 'weapons of war', bombardment from a one-sided media, and you have a flock of 'tools', in the most literal sense of the word.