[adorno]

History’s biggest killers in the past century have been leftist governments

True, but, you're still looking at what has happened in other countries and not in the U.S. Remember that,it's about an American civil war, so, what you point to is irrelevant in this country.

And, using Vermont as a leftist gun-loving state, might be the exception to the rule, and in general, Vermont does not prove your case. it's the left's enemies (republicans/conservatives) in the country that own most guns and train to most. That leftists own guns is not the issue, but that the right owns the most guns is the issue. The leftists are the ones trying to make it unlawful to own guns, and not the right. Learn the facts, and then, come back with some valid points.

[Chickensoup]

I am not going to try to get you to see differently

However the US is not the country that it was.

You are imho blinded by normalcy bias.