Who said anything about giving up your gun? On the contrary, increased surveilance and gun control both flow from the same statist impulse. The statist "conservative" wants more surveilance, at least of Muslims; the statist "liberal" wants you to keep your gun home.
Only the true libertarian opposes both impulses.
The greatest strengh America has is it's ability to be a nation of individualists who are smart enough to know when to band together.