A. This is wrong, as mentioned modern Dem candidates are not as anti-gun as they used to be. Also, in like 80% of our states that do have stronger gun legislation you can still get anything you would have any reason to own. 10 states and one jurisdiction currently have assault weapon bans, all of which allow you to keep what you already had before the legislation was in place and only 6 of those needing federal registration to do so. All of these bans are also legislative and not executive for obvious reasons. Liberal gun ownership has been increasing rapidly since 2020 and will continue to, the idea that all of us are Hillary and want complete restriction of firearms is silly.

B. We aren't single issue voters like a lot of conservatives. I am willing to give up my AK if it means my neighbors aren't getting napped for being brown and my country can repair its now broken reputation with our allies. It's selfish to put owning specifically and especially dangerous weapons (even if you personally have no risk of using them in a bad way) above the wellbeing of other people trying to live their lives just like you are. In every single US state you can still privately own a semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun. You can defend yourself well enough with those.

The second amendment is not conservative property, most of us still think you should be able to own guns at least at some capacity. We just seperate gun rights from blind loyalty to the NRA.