[quote=@ClocktowerEchos]
I believe that its because people are just to damn paranoid that the government is going to become an Orwellian nightmare and that they're going to need the guns to protect themselves/liberate America or some other paranoia conspiracy theory. That and the fact that the right are really fucking cherry picky when it comes to the constitution in that they put a lot of emphasis on the gun rights but no so much on "all men are created equal" part or even some of the religious parts.

I will conceded that I have to admit, guns are pretty cool.
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The unfortunate thing is that the global media loves to paint Americans as gun touting crazies and I know that they all aren't. 

However, it does seem that even the most mild mannered person gets their knickers in a twist about supposed infringement of the famed Second Amendment.