That is actually propaganda that has been spread in the US by the US government itself to get us to hate each other.

Sure, the politicians want guns out of our hands, but your everyday left-wing person? They aren't in favor of taking people's guns or not owning guns, etc.

Guns are fun and despite ideological differences between myself and a lot of my friends on the left, that's one thing we usually agree on.

They are as distrusting of the government as the rest of us, but for different reasons, obviously.