I liked the article I read the other day (cant recall where) where the author said an obsession with guns should be considered a mental illness. I have to agree. Most of the gun nuts (as opposed to say hunters, etc) I have met are all conspiracy theory laden cranks. Lets start to think of them like hoarders, that just can't get rid of the precious (going a bit lord of the rings there). Probably make some headway on the issue after that.