1. The state police know, my purchases are registered, and it's nobody else's business.
2. I have take pride in being responsible and in proving it. I've taken extensive training and further I'm in law enforcement. I feel anyone who is licensed for carry should be trained to similar standards first.
3. Firearms can be banned based on what they do, but too many want to ban them because they look scary.
4. See points 2 and 3. Law enforcement has access to all kinds of weapons, let's be specific. I don't want tear gas or door breachers, but I would like to own an AR someday to remember my days in the Army. It's a heck of a rifle.
5. I feel safe in my community because I carry a gun. Average 911 response time is 11 minutes. That's a time to wait if my life or someone else's is on the line.
6. You're absolutely right with your last statement, that you're making generalizations- so why conclude with a sweeping and over-the-top generalization? Oversight is inherent in the process of carrying firearms, and any responsible gun owner knows this. The vast majority of gun owners are responsible gun owners.
7. I carry no water for the NRA. Their leadership are NOT responsible gun owners, they're jackasses.

If you can't negotiate with someone you just go around them. Too bad for them.

Sounds like an addiction to me. It has been shown this can and often does happen.

Being that we do have a right to some privacy, some of gun owners do not think it necessary to tell others what we own, and besides the government is well aware of what I own. There are other things I could think of as well that I wouldn't share with others, because my private life is no one else's business. The 2A does not mention anything about proving responsibility. Since you are making a claim that just about everyone who wants to own firearms may not be aware of the awesome responsibility of owning them and thus not fit to own, you must provide evidence beyond a shadow of a doubt to prove your stance, not the other way around. Prove beyond a doubt that I am unfit to own firearms, I am a law abiding citizen who is mentally stable and will soon be employed as an armed security guard. With all the controversy over police shootings lately, why should they have access to high powered weapons and not others? I contend most LE do not need such weapons, but they have them anyway, and so will I. I for one would rather feel safe in my community than carry a pistol, but that's not reality, the reality is there will be dangerous people out there and it doesn't matter how many laws are enacted that will not go away. Some people have accepted that reality and have moved onto other points, while others have yet to do so. Again I ask as a free man, who has the right to oversee what I do and the choices I make in my life? Some of the points you mentioned above will be addressed sometime in my group, thank you for your take on that.

How do you negotiate with that mentality? I have been dealing with people that think it's OK to put kids in cages and I'm ready to lose my mind. I hate to say this but both of those groups are a different breed than me.

And you wonder why I don't want to debate them?