Many people forget how lethal governments are. Roughly 100 million citizens have been killed by their governments since 1900, all following society wide civilian disarmament. Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Khmer Rouge, etc…
Everyone gets hung up on this right left nonsense. The real spectrum is libertarian vs. authoritarian. Individuals either have a natural right to life liberty and property or they are mere property of the state.
This is why I have many guns of many different types.