"JUST BECAUSE I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me" goes an old joke. But the concept drives many gun enthusiasts and hunters. Many truly believe that any regulation of weaponry is a move toward seizure.

In fact, the opposite "grab all guns" fringe is very, very small. Most citizens acknowledge the inevitability of firearms and simply favor common sense regulation of weapons, ammunition and access, not prohibition, never mind the assertions of the National Rifle Assn. (a lobbying organization of profit-driven public relations hacks masquerading as a civil liberties group).