You're generalizing way too much in your descriptions of "Republicans", Stringsinger. I think if you were to do an actual head count among Republicans and find out how many do wear guns at town hall meetings, you would find out that it's a very small and wacky minority of Republicans who do that.

Now...keep in mind that you have about half the people in the country making the same sort of wildly innacurate negative judgements and generalizations about "Democrats" or "liberals"...and you see the enormity of the problem facing your society.

It is a housed divided against itself. (You'll recall what Lincoln said about that...) It is a culture war for sure. And it's one that is pandered to and actively encouraged by the political parties, the ruling $ySStem, the mass media, and well-meaning but misguided people in the general public.

It's a key part of the chains that bind you, this tendency to negatively stereotype everyone that's on "the other side". It leads nowhere good.