[soylentcola]

One, of course, might find a difference between hypothetical banning of something you own and a hypothetical banning of something you are.

[Inconel]

While true, it may still be a reasonable concern if one is of the belief that what they own may offer protection for who they are.

[eli_gottlieb]

Who on the political spectrum is proposing to deport or murder all gun-owners?

[Inconel]

To my knowledge no one. However, there are people on the political spectrum who would like to curtail or eliminate gun ownership. If you are a gun owner who believes that firearms offer a means of protecting yourself and the government wishes to take away the tool of that protection, I could understand why that may be concerning.

I'm not voicing an opinion on this one way or the other, I was mearly stating that I could understand the concern. Perhaps I misunderstood the GP's comment.

[zepto]

One might, but that's only one framing.

The idea that a free person has the right to self-defense is based in something you are. For some people, banning the ownership of guns is an attack on who they are. This is true for some people who don't currently own guns as much as those who do.