> Can someone shed some light on the views of these people? I'm one of them. I see firearms ownership and self-defense as base civil rights, on par or even mor

> Can someone shed some light on the views of these people? I'm one of them. I see firearms ownership and self-defense as base civil rights, on par or even more important than speech or religion. It doesn't even matter if strict gun control would decrease shootings, although I don't believe it would in the US. Abandoning the Fourth Amendment and allowing warrantless searches of homes and persons would undoubtably reduce crime as well, but proposing to do that would be met with near-unanimous protest. In both cases, it's not a matter of justification, but of basic human rights.