You’re on to something here. Just the modern vision of the “Second Amendment” which these people have contributes to so much gun violence.

Every other day I hear about people shot because the shooter though their car was being broken into, or that the victim was trespassing. Hello, dumbfucks? There is no state in America where you can kill someone to prevent trespassing or larceny and noone would like it if there were.

They think all of America was like some parts of the unincorporated, lawless west, where people really did open carry all the time. Meanwhile, there are numerous examples from the incorporated states and judicial districts of people being charged for open carrying without a valid reason; i.e., “I am out hunting,” “I am a banker,” I am a policeman," “I am a soldier,” “I am a common carrier for hire,” “I am transporting cargo that is free on board to the destination,” “John Smith is after me for what I done to his sister,” etc. If you open carried otherwise, it was a lawless shithole where nobody did legitimate business or it was a breach of peace. Respectable establishments would throw you out.

A lot of this fantastic romanticization is traceable to conservative media, which pushes this false imagery, literally so that regular people don’t stop killing each other.