there is the subtle difference between the shooter and the shootee, no?
if my ass is being shot at, and i am 50 years removed from combat, the shootER is a thug. i am the shootEE defending my ass, so i am not the thug.
by all those 50 PLUS years of seeing folks shot at, all starting in the hallowed halls of high school, prefaced by all those jerks shooting up their own cities in the ‘60’s, then southeast asia for 3 years, then back to more idiots shooting up their own cities, to today.
i think i can say with some comfort, that john q public was shot at more by thugs than members of mr. q’s family .
Point was that regardless of the distinctions you rightly delineate, the Left wants the firearms to be blamed, regardless of the.... legally applied self defense. For political purposes leading to totalitarianism. Removal of the 2nd Amendment in total.