They support people owning and using guns as toys or fashion accessories. Which is why all their cringe videos are of people going off into the woods blowing shit up and firing guns at targets.

But the idea that someone would use those guns as tools to protect themselves, their families, and their communities is anathema to them. That's the job of the "professionals".

Edit: I have read this described as "performative masculinity", which I think is a concise and accurate description.

They support people owning and using guns as toys or fashion accessories. Which is why all their cringe videos are of people going off into the woods blowing shit up and firing guns at targets.

But the idea that someone would use those guns as tools to protect themselves, their families, and their communities is anathema to them. That's the job of the "professionals".