There is more denial. The right to carry is being abused by those who think they can solve the problems of violence by shooting it away. Most of the people who talk about self-defense haven't learned to use their weapons better than those career criminals and are not able to effectively protect themselves as much as they claim. Career criminals are adept at stealing the guns from the gun-toting neophytes who are just posturing. In the meantime, the NRA is stealing your tax money and your votes, promoting automatic weapons, exotic firearms that make money for them, and controlling congress and the Senate.