It's a little game they play, pretending not to understand the meaning of the 2A, so that they make you say it. Then they sit back and proclaim how nuts you are for thinking that the government would ever take the people's guns. Even though the government wants to take the people's guns.
I think the whole “deconstructionist” view of the written word is intentional obtuseness as well,
with the sole object of advancing their power agenda.
But, I think they do truly believe that if enough power is concentrated in the right hands, they can achieve “the greater good”.