You are either not aware of or reject the Second Amendment. So we've established that you're no conservative.
"...the illegals crossing the border are not shooting their way in."
They usually wait until they get here before they start shooting (see Calif/LA crime stats).
You quoted me out of context. People have the right to keep and bear arms; they don't have the right to engage in armed patrols as some kind of voluntary untrained cops. Those that are against law enforcement by government and favor private citizens engaging in those functions are effectively anarchists. I don't consider anarchists to be conservatives.