[MPJackal]

Death of 1000 cuts. They will not stop until all guns are banned. My point was how much of a threat are AR-15’s? Probably pretty low compared to handguns. But they are scary. Military looking Assault Rifles. An easier target. Once they ban them,.........well, handguns will be easier since more people die with handguns and we already banned AR-15. It will never stop.

It would be much harder to defend your family from thugs or a tyrannical government with a crossbow, golf club,...

[AppyPappy]

I don’t think that is the point. I think they are pushing a narrative. The narrative isn’t “ban all guns” but “unrestricted gun rights is dangerous and the people who support it are crazy people who deserve ridicule”. If they can get that narrative to spin up, they can use it to bully the center into silence while they pass “common sense” gun laws. If you are a “moderate”, you don’t want to be associated with the “nuts” who become the subject of derision on the popular shows.
This has been a strategy of the Left on Global Warming, Same Sex Marriage, Obama, etc.