Those who really really want a gun are the very ones who really really should not have a gun
This country is being held hostage by a few violent paranoid armed yahoos who will put the safety of us all and even their own families at risk so they can play with their guns. So afraid are they that they can’t even go outside without a gun in their pocket or an assault rifle at the ready.
The GOP of course plays directly to their fears as they do in all things whether it be guns, terrorism, immigrants, blacks or the government. Republicans have massaged this fear to such an extent over the years that now they have a fascist taking over their party which may very well break it.
Like you, I feel so bad for them.