I know a guy that is scared to have a firearm to defend his family because he has a family member with a record and is frightened that he will violate his release if he visits his home.
It is a mess.
But the left would do well to focus on the mess rather than the law abiding.
This country was far more peaceful when no one was refused the Right to Bear Arms. That changed in June of 1968 thanks to the Democrats and Lyndon Johnson, and this country has gone to hell in a hand-basket ever since. The anti-gun rights leftist government has shown no sign of letting up on their crusade. There is only one way to reset the balance, might get a bit bloody early on, but the really bad people would get culled right quick and the reset lesson would start to take hold on good sense and sensibility.