I think the Democrats don't see the incongruity here, because as long as they tolerate you owning some form of firearm, they don't feel like they're being dishonest in saying they are not going to take your guns.

Basically, they will say they support the Second Amendment when what they mean is they will tolerate you having a shotgun or hunting rifle for strictly non self-defense purposes, provided both the weapon and yourself are strictly limited. Basically their vision is something like england, where you can own it but it has to be kept locked up 99% of the time, and it's basically a toy you take out for a week once a year to go hunting.

It's all bullshit of course. The whole point of the Second amendment is that you can own a gun for self-defense or any other legitimate non-criminal purpose. But I think this is what goes on in their head that allows them the cognitive dissonance to say they're not in favor of banning guns when they openly advertise that they want to ban all the gun models that you are I might want to own.