A big difference is that there are numerous gun owners who believe in the right of self defense, hunting, and bearing arms generally, who support control in an

A big difference is that there are numerous gun owners who believe in the right of self defense, hunting, and bearing arms generally, who support control in an incremental fashion and do not support confiscation. These people are being honest when they say their ultimate goal is healthy regulation of guns. In the abortion debate, the "reasonable regulations" are always proposed by abolitionists. The goal is never to make abortion safe and available, it's always to make it burdensome and difficult for both the provider and the patient. Newly empowered by the Trump administration and the sense that they have a new supreme court that will agree with them, they're dropping this tactic and have resumed pushing for abolition.